Graham contradicts Trump on Iran executions stopping
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... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Iranian regime is still killing protesters at an alarming rate, contradicting President Trump's statement Wednesday that Iran has stopped indiscriminate executions of anti-government demonstrators.

"Every indication that I've seen says that the Iranian regime's killing of protesters is still very much in full swing. The death toll is mounting by the hour. Hoping that help is on the way," Graham wrote in a post on the social platform X.

Graham, who has become increasingly influential with the Trump administration on foreign policy, signaled he wants to see the president move forward with plans to strike Iran to deter the brutal crackdown on protesters.

Trump on Wednesday said Iran was stopping the executions in the face of potential military action.

"We've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping -- it's stopped -- it's stopping," Trump told reporters.

"And there's no plan for executions, or an execution, or execution -- so I've been told that on good authority." ...