Statement from the Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). pic.twitter.com/CQ5yVvqTH1
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 12, 2026
The senator had recently visited Kyiv, where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
US President Donald Trump led tributes, calling Graham “one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known.””Senator Lindsey Graham… was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed,” Trump wrote, adding that details and funeral arrangements would follow.
President Donald J. Trump on the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham: pic.twitter.com/m2Mb5m1EKz
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 12, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also paid tribute, describing Graham as “a great friend of Israel and a cherished friend of mine.”
In a post on social media, Netanyahu said Graham believed “the security of Israel and America are inseparable” and had devoted his life to strengthening the US-Israel alliance. “Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. America has lost a great patriot. I have lost a beloved friend,” he said.
Graham had long been one of the most outspoken US lawmakers on Iran, advocating a hardline approach toward Tehran and consistently backing strong military and economic pressure against the country.
The Iranian mission in Ghana responded with a sharply worded social media post, saying Graham had “spent decades begging for Iran to burn” and ending the message with the words, “Rot in perdition.”
Graham, who represented South Carolina in the US Senate for more than two decades, was one of the Republican Party’s most influential voices on foreign affairs and a close ally of Trump in recent years.
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(Edited by : priyanka deshpande)
