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Lindsey Graham to Iran: Halt killings or Donald Trump will kill Ali Khamenei

Graham warned Iran’s leaders that continued killings of protesters would bring a lethal response from President Trump.

Lindsey Graham to Iran: Halt killings or Donald Trump will kill Ali Khamenei
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This article1 analysis · Oct 11, 2026
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Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Iran’s leaders that President Donald Trump would kill Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei if Iranian security forces continued killing protesters. The article also describes expanding demonstrations and reports of deaths and arrests.

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U.S. senator who warned Iran’s leadership

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President whom Graham said would order the killing

ALSO MENTIONED  Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, whom Graham named in his warning; Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan leader cited by Graham as an example for Iran; Reza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition figure who called for coordinated protest chants

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