Washington DC, Jan. 15 -- Amid ongoing protests in Iran over rising living costs, US Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday (local time) alleged that "ayatollah's regime has American blood on its hands" and are "slaughtering people in the streets".

Referring to a media report, the US Senator said, "All the headlines suggesting that our so-called Arab allies have intervened on behalf of Iran to avoid decisive military action by President Trump are beyond disturbing. The ayatollah's regime has American blood on its hands. They are slaughtering people in the streets."

Graham further cautioned that any reluctance to confront Tehran despite what he called the "outrageous slaughter of innocent people" would be unacceptable.

"If it is accurate th...