Death Decrees Target Trump, Netanyahu

Iran’s most powerful clerics have openly called for Donald Trump’s murder, turning religious law into a weapon against a sitting American president.

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Senior Iranian clerics issued fatwas making it a “religious duty” to kill Trump and Netanyahu.
Trump and Netanyahu were branded “infidel combatants” and “enemies of God” deserving death under extremist doctrine.
A reported bounty of about $1.14 million was announced for Trump’s assassination by a provincial cleric.
U.S. lawmakers are pushing sanctions and terror designations for the clerics behind these calls to murder.

Iran’s Clerics Turn Religion into a License to Kill Western Leaders

Senior Iranian religious leaders have taken their war on the West to a new level by turning theology into a kill order on President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Two top clerics, Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi and Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani, issued fatwas saying avenging Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s death and punishing his enemies is a religious duty for all Muslims worldwide. These decrees go beyond words of anger. They claim that murder is now an act of faith.

Reports show the same clerics and their allies had already targeted Trump and Netanyahu directly, long before the latest war crisis. In an earlier ruling, Makarem Shirazi’s office called on “Muslims of the world” to assassinate President Trump, describing him and Israel’s leaders as infidels and enemies of God’s faith. The text branded Trump a “mohareb,” which means an enemy of God, and promised heavenly rewards for anyone who harms him. That turns Trump’s personal safety into a religious battlefield.

“Infidel Combatants” and Bounties: How the Assassination Call Spread

The fatwa did not stay confined to one cleric’s office. Iran International reports that ten state-appointed clerics issued an open letter calling Trump and Netanyahu “infidel combatants,” a term for non-believers at war with Muslims who deserve death under their harsh reading of Islamic law. A provincial religious official, Mansour Emami, then raised the stakes by announcing a bounty of 100 billion tomans, about $1.14 million, for killing Trump. The same report notes alleged online fundraising in support of this cause, suggesting attempts to turn threats into real-world action.

Other regime-linked figures quickly backed the fatwas. Hardline cleric Alireza Panahian urged Muslims to kill Trump and Netanyahu, citing rulings that anyone who threatens Khamenei is an enemy of God. Ahmad Alamolhoda, a representative of Khamenei, praised labeling critics of the Supreme Leader as apostates and enemies of God, claiming this would “strengthen the foundations of the Islamic Republic.” Even members of the Assembly of Experts, the powerful body that selects the Supreme Leader, reportedly released a statement saying killing Trump and Netanyahu is a religious duty that “must not be neglected.” That shows these calls are not fringe, but tied into the regime’s core power structure.

Washington Responds: Terror Labels and Sanctions Push Back on Clerical Threats

These clerical decrees have not gone unnoticed in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Tehran Incitement to Violence Act, H.R. 6230, which calls for evaluating the responsible Iranian clerics as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The bill’s sponsor, Congressman Keith Self, highlights that these religious leaders used legal terms like “moharebeh” and “madhur al-dam” to justify violence against Trump and Netanyahu. In plain language, they claimed those leaders’ blood can be shed with impunity. The bill aims to hit them with sanctions, cut off finances, and treat their edicts as terror commands instead of religious opinions.

Outside Congress, watchdog group United Against Nuclear Iran has identified at least eleven individuals and two regime entities involved in promoting these assassination fatwas and is pushing for immediate sanctions. Their list includes Makarem Shirazi, Nouri Hamedani, and influential cleric Mohsen Araki. Security officials warn this is not empty talk. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray has said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is already plotting kidnappings and assassinations in cities like New York, London, and Paris. When religious rulings bless murder, and intelligence reports confirm active plots, the threat to Americans becomes concrete, not theoretical.

Peace Talks, Public Denials, and What It Means for American Families

All this is happening while Iran’s leaders talk peace with the West. As news of the fatwas spread, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly claimed that the government and Supreme Leader had not issued decrees against Trump personally and that the religious rulings were not aimed at specific individuals. His comments try to distance the formal state from the clerics’ calls to murder. But the problem for American families is simple: these same clerics hold major power inside Iran, publish rulings through state-linked media, and shape the beliefs of radical followers who may act.

Iranian clerics issue a fatwa for the assassination of President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu. https://t.co/hbqtCDs66K

— Joseph Gelman (@JosephGelman) June 30, 2026

For Trump-supporting Americans, this episode is a sharp reminder of the stakes. While our country wrestles with border security, inflation, and battles over woke agendas at home, hostile regimes abroad are openly putting a price on the head of a former president. They are using religious language to justify killing Western leaders and attacking allies like Israel. The Trump administration now faces a world where diplomacy with Iran runs side by side with clerical death orders. That means strong borders, a tough stance on terror, energy independence, and a serious foreign policy are not optional luxuries. They are basic protections for the Constitution, for our families, and for every American city that could be targeted by someone who believes murder is holy.