President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Senate Republicans to fold Iran into the bipartisan Russia sanctions package authored by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., linking the push to Graham's legacy as the U.S. military struck Iranian targets for an eighth straight night.

"Republicans should add Iran to the Russian Sanctions Bill," Trump posted on Truth Social. "That's what Lindsey wanted to do, and it was going to happen. IMPORTANT!!!"

Graham's bill, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, was introduced in April 2025 and would impose sweeping secondary tariffs of up to 500% on countries that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium, and other products.

It stalled for months as Trump pursued direct diplomacy with Russian President Vladimir Putin, then regained momentum after Graham secured a White House deal shortly before his sudden death.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, have cast passage as a fitting tribute to Graham.

Trump first floated the Iran addition at a Tuesday White House press availability, telling reporters lawmakers "would like to add Iran, and they would like to add Hezbollah," according Time.

Senate aides said Iran likely would be caught up in the bill's existing provisions targeting Russia's defense partners regardless.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a co-author, has publicly resisted reopening the text, arguing the negotiated package should move as written.

Democrats have separately raised concerns about provisions granting the president expansive tariff authorities, an issue that overlapped with a since-resolved Supreme Court dispute over executive tariff powers.

The current version also codifies sanctions previously imposed by executive order, making unilateral termination by a future president substantially harder.

The Sunday post was Trump's first public statement since the Pentagon confirmed that two U.S. service members were killed and a third remained missing after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on Friday.

Four other service members were medically evacuated and later discharged, U.S. Central Command said.

Trump told NewsNation the deaths were "a very sad thing."

CENTCOM said Saturday's retaliatory strikes were designed to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to "punish" Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units that launched the Jordan attack.

The push to fold Iran into the Russia package comes as Trump has also signaled stronger support for Ukraine amid Putin's continued refusal to end the war.