{"id":2451482,"date":"2025-06-24T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-says-iran-must-abandon-destroying-israel-to-achieve-peace\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:11:59","slug":"graham-says-iran-must-abandon-destroying-israel-to-achieve-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-says-iran-must-abandon-destroying-israel-to-achieve-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham says Iran must &#8216;abandon&#8217; destroying Israel to achieve peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraham-says-iran-must-abandon-destroying-israel-to-achieve-peace%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) emphasized that for peace between Iran and Israel to be achievable, Iran must shift its policy of hostility towards Israel. He articulated that Iran&#8217;s regime must abandon its goal of destroying Israel as a prerequisite for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-america-pushes-for-a-total-ukraine-victory-it-could-mean-nuclear-war\/\" title=\"If America Pushes for a \u201cTotal\u201d Ukraine Victory it Could Mean Nuclear War\">future peace negotiations<\/a>. During an appearance on Fox News,Graham stated,&#8221;There can be no peace between Iran and Israel until Iran decides to change their policy,&#8221; highlighting that the campaign of aggression must cease for any meaningful progress to occur.<\/p>\n<p>Graham supported President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-stand-with-putin-twitter-hashtag-trends-in-india-amid-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Reports: &#039;Stand with Putin&#039; Twitter Hashtag Trends in India amid Ukraine War\">recent military action<\/a> against Iran, which targeted its nuclear sites, labeling the strikes as &#8220;flawless.&#8221; He acknowledged that while achieving a ceasefire wiht Iran might be beneficial, it could also enable Iran to rearm, perhaps leading to escalated conflicts. <\/p>\n<p>The senator specified that he does not advocate for U.S. military deployment in Iran but seeks either a change in the country&#8217;s leadership to one that does not harbor anti-Israel sentiments or a transformation in the regime&#8217;s behavior itself. Graham characterized the iranian regime as fundamentally antagonistic and contrasted it with Israel&#8217;s democratic values. He has previously called for a decisive military campaign against Iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities to ensure their complete destruction and has defended Trump&#8217;s actions as justified within his constitutional powers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Graham says Iran must &lsquo;abandon the goal&rsquo; of destroying Israel to achieve peace<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2157268\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) stressed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a> must change its regime policy of opposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> as a &ldquo;prerequisite&rdquo; to future peace negotiations between the nations.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has said Iran will <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114738128058193093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">never rebuild its nuclear sites<\/a> after bombing three of them over the weekend, a strike that Graham called &ldquo;flawless.&rdquo; While he argued that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran is &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >good thing&#038;rdquo<\/a>; if peace can be achieved, it could turn into &ldquo;a step backward&rdquo; if the latter country can rearm itself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3452543\/richard-grenell-hamilton-kennedy-center-boycott-pride-event-hickenlooper\/\">Richard Grenell slams Hamilton duo over Kennedy Center boycott after invite-only pride event<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3452561\/congress-iran-briefings-canceled-trump-attack-democrat-outrage\/\">Congressional Iran briefings on Trump&#8217;s attack canceled, outraging Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3452628\/trump-aoc-cognitive-test-impeachment\/\">Trump calls for AOC to take cognitive test after she called for his impeachment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There can be no peace between Iran and Israel until Iran decides to change their policy, which is the regime&rsquo;s policy of destroying the state of Israel and killing all the Jews,&rdquo; Graham said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America Reports<\/em>. &ldquo;Until that changes, nothing really changes. [Iran&rsquo;s nuclear] program has been decimated, but the people who are in charge will come right back at Israel, so I am looking for regime change in this sense. For Iran to abandon its desire to destroy Israel, to recognize Israel&rsquo;s right to exist as a nation. That to me is not too much to ask of the Iranians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2999254&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=e53217822a249ae586df348835921695\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The senator added that he is not advocating that U.S. troops be deployed in Iran to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-ousted-by-no-confidence-vote\/\" title=\"Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Ousted by &#039;No Confidence&#039; Vote\">enact regime change<\/a>. Rather, he argued there are two ways in which this change can be implemented: replace the country&rsquo;s leaders &ldquo;who don&rsquo;t want to kill all the Jews,&rdquo; or change the regime&rsquo;s behavior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/3452617\/the-world-war-that-wasnt-us-israel-iran-bombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE WORLD WAR THAT WASN&rsquo;T<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3451799\/iran-missile-attacks-before-israel-ceasefire-12-day-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel and Iran exchanged attacks<\/a> shortly after Trump announced a ceasefire between the warring countries, angering the president. Graham sympathized with the frustration that Trump had, but argued that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no moral equivalency&rdquo; between the two countries, stating that Iran is &ldquo;a fanatical religious Nazi regime&rdquo; whereas Israel is a &ldquo;democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Before the United States&rsquo;s strikes against Iran, Graham urged Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3442435\/lindsey-graham-trump-finish-job-iran-nuclear-program-diplomacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;go all in&rdquo; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-launches-600-strikes-against-palestinian-terrorists-preps-ground-war-no-interest-in-stopping\/\" title=\"... Launches 600 Strikes Against Palestinian Terrorists, Preps Ground War: \u2018No Interest In Stopping\u2019\">military attacks<\/a><\/a> to ensure &ldquo;there&rsquo;s nothing left standing&rdquo; of Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3450520\/graham-defends-trump-on-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The senator has since defended Trump&rsquo;s strikes<\/a> and the president&rsquo;s ability to enact such a decision since it was &ldquo;within his Article II authority.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2157268\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2157268\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham insists Iran must renounce its goal of destroying Israel for peace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2451483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lindsey-Graham-Iran-scaled-1024x685.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3803,3823,4671,57833,4228],"class_list":["post-2451482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-graham","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-relations","tag-peace"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lindsey-Graham-Iran-scaled-1024x685.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451486,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451482\/revisions\/2451486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}