{"id":1261,"date":"2026-07-12T16:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:05:42","slug":"so-sweet-ill-read-it-twice-iran-celebrates-grahams-death-as-trump-netanyahu-mourn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=1261","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;So sweet I&#8217;ll read it twice&#8217;: Iran celebrates Graham&#8217;s death as Trump, Netanyahu mourn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132347049,imgsize-90104,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/iran.jpg\" alt=\"'So sweet I'll read it twice': Iran celebrates Graham's death as Trump, Netanyahu mourn\" title=\"Iran celebrates the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Iran celebrates the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham\">Iran celebrates the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iranian state media and regime supporters celebrated the death of US Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday, with state television presenters smiling on air and hardline outlets mocking the deceased lawmaker, while US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned a close ally.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>&#8220;Graham dies, taking the destruction of Iran to the grave,&#8221; read the headline of a report by Tasnim, an Iranian news agency affiliated with the regime. One state TV host said of the news: &#8220;This news is so sweet that I&#8217;m reading it twice.&#8221; , and that the &#8220;war-mongering anti-Iran senator has gone straight to hell&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Regime supporters on social media shared a graphic showing several figures allegedly marked for revenge over the February attack on Iran, with Graham&#8217;s face crossed out with a red X \u2014 the only one &#8220;eliminated.&#8221; <!-- -->The image carried the words: &#8220;We will continue to update.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" msid=\"132346642\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-132346642\/.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran, shared the announcement of Graham&#8217;s death and wrote: &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame. I wanted him to see oil prices on Monday before he went to hell.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Iran&#8217;s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi offered condolences, calling Graham a &#8220;steadfast friend of the Iranian people&#8221; and a defender of freedom. Graham had told a gathering of Iranian opposition supporters in Munich in February: &#8220;I choose the Iranian people over the murderous ayatollah. It is time for him to go.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Pahlavi said Graham&#8217;s support for Iran&#8217;s Lion and Sun Revolution had earned him the title &#8220;Uncle Lindsey&#8221; among Iranians.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Trump, Netanyahu pay tribute<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Trump called Graham &#8220;one of the greatest people and senators I have ever known&#8221; and a &#8220;hard-working patriot.&#8221; Netanyahu said: &#8220;Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. America has lost a great patriot. I have lost a beloved friend.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Graham, 71, died suddenly on Saturday evening after what his office described as a &#8220;brief and sudden illness.&#8221; US media reported emergency personnel had responded to a call for cardiac arrest at his Capitol Hill home.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/so-sweet-ill-read-it-twice-iran-celebrates-grahams-death-as-trump-netanyahu-mourn\/articleshow\/132346568.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran celebrates the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham Iranian state media and regime supporters celebrated the death of US Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday, with state television presenters smiling on air and hardline outlets mocking the deceased lawmaker, while US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned a close 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