An Iranian cleric has offered a reward “to anyone who brings the head of Trump,” according to an exiled Iranian outlet, adding to the calls from several Iranian figures and state-aligned media for the president’s assassination.
Mansour Emami, a state-appointed official from the West Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran, offered a substantial reward for Trump’s assassination, according to the U.K.-based Iranian International opposition outlet and the state-run Hawzah news agency. Newsweek has been unable to independently verify these reports.
In recent weeks, at least one high-profile Iranian official has issued a fatwa, or ruling grounded in Islamic law, against the Republican and also against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The fatwa, publicized by one of the country’s most senior clerics, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, was downplayed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a conversation with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier this month, who said the order had “nothing to do with the Iranian government or the Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
