President Trump reposted a tweet from US Sen. Lindsey Graham warning Tehran that its “brutality” against its own people “will not go unchallenged.”
“This is truly not the Obama administration when it comes to standing up to the Iranian ayatollah and his religious Nazi henchmen, and standing behind the people of Iran protesting for a better life,” the South Carolina lawmaker wrote on X Saturday. “To the regime leadership: your brutality against the great people of Iran will not go unchallenged. Make Iran Great Again.”
Trump reposted the comments on his Truth Social platform.
Graham’s scathing message was in response to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s own message of support to Iran’s civilians earlier Saturday.
Iranians inside the Islamic Republic have been protesting against the repressive regime for two weeks, as more than 200 demonstrators are believed dead.
“The United States supports the brave people of Iran,” Rubio wrote early Saturday morning.
In a follow-up message, Graham emphasized his pride in Rubio and President Trump for standing with Iranian civilians “who are rightly protesting against their oppression.”
The solidarity stance comes after the Iranian regime threatened Saturday that it would consider demonstrators “enemies of God” — a crime that carries a death penalty charge.
