Iran Calls for Trump Assassination, Offers $18M Bounty
Regime-linked channels circulate fatwas and cash rewards for the killing of the U.S. president, citing "divine revenge" for insults to Khamenei
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In a shocking escalation of its psychological warfare campaign, Iranian regime-linked media outlets and Telegram groups have begun promoting a bounty of over $18 million for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump. The call, reportedly accompanied by Quranic verses and religious slogans, is being framed as both a spiritual mission and a patriotic act of vengeance.
The bounty—exactly $18,341,623—is described as a “donation” to any person or group that succeeds in executing Trump, whose face appears in the posters with a red target mark over his forehead. Alongside the image are messages invoking "eternal blood" and "lasting peace," borrowing heavily from jihadist rhetoric and Shi’ite religious doctrine. One slogan urges Muslims to "fight with their wealth and their lives," a Quranic reference commonly used by militant clerics to justify martyrdom operations.
The move follows weeks of Iranian losses in its shadow war with Israel and the U.S., including strikes on IRGC infrastructure and assassinations of key operatives. But this latest development is being interpreted by Western intelligence sources as a dangerous shift from symbolic threats to concrete incitement.
Earlier this week, a senior ayatollah close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa explicitly calling for Trump’s death, labeling him an “enemy of Islam.” While Iran’s official government has not publicly endorsed the bounty, intelligence officials in the West are warning of the real threat posed by regime-adjacent actors who often operate with plausible deniability.
"This is how the Iranian regime exports terrorism without leaving fingerprints," one Western analyst told JFeed. "They let the proxies and 'civilian' media do the dirty work—while Tehran pretends its hands are clean."
Though the bounty appears more symbolic than actionable, counterterrorism experts fear that lone wolf actors or extremist militias could be motivated to act, especially in the current climate of heightened tensions following Iran’s threats to withdraw from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
The U.S. Secret Service has declined to comment officially, but sources confirm that Trump's security detail has been reinforced since the threats surfaced.
As the rhetoric darkens and the regime continues to project strength through incitement, what remains unclear is whether the message is meant as psychological theater—or a green light for assassination attempts.