Iranians in London hold candlelight vigil for Lindsey Graham outside US Embassy

Members of the Iranian diaspora in London held a candlelight vigil Sunday for Sen. Lindsey Graham hours after the Iran hawk died suddenly at the age of 71.

A few dozen people gathered outside the US Embassy near the Thames River, where they lit candles around a makeshift altar bearing pictures of Graham (R-SC) as well as Iran’s so-called “Lion and Sun” flag, used to communicate resistance to the theocratic regime in Tehran.

“Lindsey Graham, rest in peace,” the crowd chanted. “Rest in peace and rise in power!”

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Graham, who died of a suspected aortic dissection at his Washington home Saturday evening, was a longtime advocate of military action against the Islamic Republic, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted Sunday morning.

“Lindsey was unabashed. He talked to me about it. He said, ‘You know, you have to do it. You have to do it.’ He came to me and said, ‘Bibi, you have to do it. You have to knock out these nuclear weapons program before they knock us out.’ He was very clear about that,” Netanyahu told NBC’s “Meet The Press.”

“He was so clear, he had clarity, he had courage, he had convictions that he believed were at the basis of America and … like the Superman comics, you remember? ‘Freedom, justice and the American way’? He represented these traditional values,” added the Israeli leader.