{"id":2577511,"date":"2026-03-09T02:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-criticizes-israel-for-striking-iranian-oil-facilities\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T02:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:38:15","slug":"lindsey-graham-criticizes-israel-for-striking-iranian-oil-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-criticizes-israel-for-striking-iranian-oil-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham criticizes Israel for striking Iranian oil facilities"},"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\">18<\/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%2Flindsey-graham-criticizes-israel-for-striking-iranian-oil-facilities%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=2577511&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>A Washington examiner report describes US officials\u2019 unease over Israeli airstrikes on Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-military-officers-sound-alarm-on-ufo-report-the-tech-outstrips-our-arsenal-by-at-least-100-years\/\" title=\"Ex-Military Officers Sound Alarm On UFO Report: The Tech \u2018Outstrips Our Arsenal By At Least 100 Years\u2019\">oil facilities<\/a>, which reportedly targeted about 30 sites and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sparked large fires visible<\/a> in Tehran. The strikes surprised the United States, drawing criticism from some Republicans, including Lindsey Graham, who publicly criticized Israel.Graham argued that while Israel has shown capability to weaken Iran, careful targeting is needed to avoid undermining Iranians\u2019 future prospects, and he stressed that Iran\u2019s oil economy would be crucial to a future liberation of the Iranian people. The article notes that Trump governance officials shared concerns about the attack, with one adviser saying the president does not like the strike because it could raise gas prices and he wants to preserve oil.  <\/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\">Lindsey Graham criticizes Israel for striking Iranian oil facilities<\/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\">\n<p>Many United States officials were none too pleased with recent Israeli military strikes on Iranian oil facilities. A video of the strikes went viral on social media over the weekend, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484642\/strikes-light-up-tehran-israel-vows-many-surprises\/\">showing massive fires<\/a> in Tehran, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, after the operation. Thirty oil facilities were struck in the airstrikes by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/Israel\">Israel<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The magnitude of the Israeli operation <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/08\/us-dismayed-israel-iran-fuel-strikes\">reportedly<\/a> caught the U.S. off guard. Trump administration officials and other Republicans who have supported the joint military strikes against Iran were dismayed by the attacks, including Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC). An ardent supporter of military action against Iran, Graham criticized Israel in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average ...n Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> on Sunday regarding the strikes on the oil facilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4484898\/carney-calls-for-former-prince-andrew-removed-from-line-succession\/\">Carney calls for former Prince Andrew to be removed from line of succession&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4484881\/judge-voids-voice-of-america-layoffs-trump-appointment-kari-lake\/\">Judge voids Voice of America layoffs, citing invalid Trump appointment of Kari Lake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4484851\/bill-maher-switch-up-schiff-fair-showing-shifting-standards-concha\/\">Bill Maher&#8217;s switch-up on Schiff is &#8216;fair&#8217; in showing shifting standards: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our allies in Israel have shown amazing capability when it comes to collapsing the murderous regime in Iran. America is most appreciative.<\/p>\n<p>However, there will be a day soon that the Iranian people will be in charge of their own fate, not the murderous ayatollah&rsquo;s regime. <\/p>\n<p>In&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/2030801898891026592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Our allies in Israel have shown amazing capability when it comes to collapsing the murderous regime in Iran,&rdquo; Graham <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lindseygrahamsc\/status\/2030801898891026592?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a post. &ldquo;America is most appreciative.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Graham mentioned that an objective of the strikes was to &ldquo;liberate&rdquo; Iranians from the oppression of the current government, and continuing to destroy the country&rsquo;s oil infrastructure would make that difficult to do in the future. The senator mentioned he would like to see Iranians have the opportunity for a &ldquo;new and better life&rdquo; after the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, there will be a day soon that the Iranian people will be in charge of their own fate, not the murderous ayatollah&rsquo;s regime,&rdquo; Graham said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4484699\/graham-us-marching-through-the-world-cuba-iran\/\"><strong>GRAHAM SAYS US &lsquo;MARCHING THROUGH THE WORLD&rsquo; WITH CUBA NEXT: &lsquo;STAY TUNED&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In that regard, please be cautious about what targets you select,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life when this regime collapses. The oil economy of Iran will be essential to that endeavor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration officials shared Graham&rsquo;s concerns, according to an <em>Axios<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/08\/us-dismayed-israel-iran-fuel-strikes\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-would-a-legitimate-democratic-presidential-candidate-want-to-get-involved-in-this-chaos\/\" title=\"Why would a legitimate Democratic presidential candidate want to get involved in this chaos?\">president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a><\/a>;t like the attack,&rdquo; an unnamed Trump adviser <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/08\/us-dismayed-israel-iran-fuel-strikes\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the outlet. &ldquo;He wants to save the oil. He doesn&rsquo;t want to burn it. And it reminds people of higher gas prices.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 condemns Israel&#8217;s strikes on Iran oil facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2577512,"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\/10\/AP25280563087621.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,4671,74038,73799,75383],"class_list":["post-2577511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-lindsey-graham-2","tag-middle-east-2","tag-oil-facilities"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25280563087621.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577511","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2577515,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577511\/revisions\/2577515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2577512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}