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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Enemy of Allah': Iran-linked group crowdfunds $40 million for assassination of Trump
The group 'Blood Covenant' reportedly launched the assassination campaign following fatwas issued by multiple Iranian clerics. A crowdfunding effort, linked to a former employee of Iran's state media, has raised $40 million as a bounty for the assassination of US PresidentDonald Trump, The New York Post reported last Saturday. The group 'Blood Covenant' reportedly launched the assassination campaign following fatwas issued by multiple Iranian clerics. Following Trump's orders to bomb three Iranian nuclear facilities, the clerics reportedly labeled Trump as an 'enemy of Allah.' 'We pledge to award the prize to whoever can bring the militants and those who threaten the life of the Deputy of Imam Mahdi (may our souls be sacrificed for him) to justice for their actions,' the Blood Covenant wrote on its website. The US-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) think tank reported that Blood Covenant runs 'under the aegis of the Iranian regime.' 'This is a call to jihad, inviting believers to donate their money and sacrifice their lives,' MEMRI said in an analysis of the fundraising effort. 'The poster lends religious legitimacy to assassinating Trump. 'The fact that these calls to assassinate Trump are coming from above and being echoed in the street and through all strata of society, including in the Iranian media … reflects a broad religious and regime consensus strengthened by reiterated emphasis of the reward anyone carrying out the punishment against Trump can expect to receive — in addition to the $40.3 million, also Paradise and the status of a defender of Islam.' Blood Covenant's efforts were reportedly supported by ten Iranian state-appointed clerics, according to dissident media site Iran International. Additionally, the London-based dissident media reported that Azeri, a state-appointed cleric in Iran's West Azarbaijan Province, announced a reward of 100 billion tomans (approximately $1.14 million) for the murder of the US president. 'We will give 100 billion tomans to anyone who brings the head of Trump,' said Mansour Emami, the provincial director of the official Islamic Propagation Organization in West Azerbaijan. Despite the clerics being state-appointed, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during his interview with Tucker Carlson, 'To the best of my knowledge, they have not issued decrees or fatwas against any individual or against Donald Trump. It has nothing to do with the Iranian government or the Supreme Leader of Iran.' Attempts on US President Donald Trump's life A Pakistani national alleged to have ties with Iran wascharged in 2024 for planning the assassination of a number of US officials, including Trump. The alleged goal of Asif Merchant was to target those in the US who were "hurting Pakistan and the world, [the] Muslim world," the CNN report said, citing the court documents. Additionally, the Justice Department reported in 2024 that one of three American citizens charged with the attempted assassination of Trump was also surveilling two Jewish American citizens and claimed an IRGC official offered him $500,000 for the murder of either the president or American Jewry. Shir Perets contributed to this report.
Fox News
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Iranian crowdfunding campaign claims to raise $40M as reward for assassinating Trump
An Iranian movement called the "Blood Covenant" is claiming to have crowdfunded more than $40 million as a reward for assassinating President Donald Trump, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). A website for the movement contained a poster of Trump in crosshairs with an appeal to donate "in order to 'help establish stable peace,'" the nonprofit reported. It added that the poster quotes a verse from the Quran that reads, "Strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allah." "This is a call to jihad, inviting believers to donate their money and sacrifice their lives," MEMRI said. "The poster lends religious legitimacy to assassinating Trump." The apparent threat comes weeks after the U.S. launched devastating airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. "In Iran in recent days there has been an increase in explicit calls for assassinating Trump, from the Iranian regime's religious establishment, due allegedly to a threat by Trump to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – even though Trump said he had actually prevented such a move," MEMRI said. "These calls are backed by fatwas issued in late June by Iranian grand ayatollahs. The fatwas stated that the punishment for Trump is the same as for a muhareb – that is, an enemy of Allah and Islam – and that is death, and the permitting of his blood." "Iranian regime officials, among them Assembly of Expert members who are close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, senior clerics and lecturers at the Howza-e Ilmiyya seminaries, and the regime's Friday preachers, are explicitly calling for Trump's assassination," MEMRI added. "The fact that these calls to assassinate Trump are coming from above and being echoed in the street and through all strata of society, including in the Iranian media, underlines the depth and uniformity of the regime's institutional incitement," it also said. "It reflects a broad religious and regime consensus strengthened by reiterated emphasis of the reward anyone carrying out the punishment against Trump can expect to receive – in addition to the $40.3 million, also Paradise and the status of a defender of Islam." The Foundation for Defense of Democracies alleged that an Iranian national and former employee for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting – which it described as "the regime's main propaganda network" – is behind the creation of the "Blood Covenant" website. The State Department did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. A senior State Department official said the Trump administration is aware of the threats against the president, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
International Business Times
14-07-2025
- Politics
- International Business Times
What Is the 'Blood Covenant' Group and Why Is It Giving $40 Million To Kill Trump?
A shocking online funding campaign has come to light, where a group named Blood Covenant is offering anyone who will kill US President Donald Trump a whopping $40.3 million through crowdfunding. The effort is believed to be tied to Iranian state networks and comes after a series of religious death orders, known as fatwas, were issued by senior Iranian clerics. X Iranian clerics have referred to Trump as an "enemy of Allah" while issuing fatwas for his assassination. The group's website contains aggressive religious language, and an image of Trump appears within crosshairs. It says the bounty will be given to anyone who brings "justice" to the people behind the threat to the life of the "Deputy of Imam Mahdi," a holy figure in Shia Islam. X The campaign seems to have connections to the Iranian government. The site invokes passages from the Quran to call on Muslims to donate money or even sacrifice themselves in the ambitious cause, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a U.S.-based research group. The campaign is "definitely a call to jihad and a call that legitimizes murder," and it is being justified in religious terms, says MEMRI. There's another research group, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), which discovered that there are signs that the person who operates the site might be Hossein Abbasifar, a man who used to be affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). This is the state-run media outlet of Iran. FDD uncovered the name Abbasifar through website data and said he had also worked for a government radio network in Iran. The FDD analysts said the United States could now sanction Abbasifar and others tied to the network. They called for a rapid government response. Till now, the White House and the State Department have not made official statements. But a senior U.S. official, speaking to the Washington Free Beacon, said that the Trump administration is aware of the threats and will hold the responsible parties accountable. The $40 million offer attracted more interest when Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, a senior cleric in Iran, announced a fatwa on June 29. Trump had attempted to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and needed to be punished, he said. This is a major security issue. Some experts worry that the campaign could provoke attacks on Trump by individuals or groups who view doing so as a religious duty or quick way to make money.
Time of India
13-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Blood Covenant': Iranian crowdfunding website claims to have raised $40 million to assassinate Trump; ‘call to Jihad' say analysts
Donald Trump (AP) A crowdfunding campaign that promised $40 million for the assassination of US President Donald Trump was linked to a former employee of Iran's main state-run propaganda outlet. The campaign was reportedly organised by a group called 'Blood Covenant,' which pledged to bring 'justice' for actions committed by 'militants.' According to the US-based think tank Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the group allegedly operated under the 'aegis of the Iranian regime,' as reported by the New York Post. 'We pledge to award the prize to whoever can bring the militants and those who threaten the life of the Deputy of Imam Mahdi (may our souls be sacrificed for him) to justice for their actions,' the group had posted on its website. MEMRI described the campaign as 'a call to jihad, inviting believers to donate their money and sacrifice their lives.' It added, 'The fact that these calls to assassinate Trump were coming from above and echoed in the street and through all strata of society, including in the Iranian media… reflected a broad religious and regime consensus strengthened by reiterated emphasis on the reward anyone carrying out the punishment against Trump could expect to receive — in addition to the $40.3 million, also Paradise and the status of a defender of Islam. ' An individual named Hossein Abbasifar, an Iranian citizen, was 'unmasked' by Max Lesser and Maria Riofrio, analysts at the foundation for defence of democracies (FDD), who suggested he was involved with the Blood Covenant group. 'The man apparently behind it, Hossein Abbasifar, appeared to have once worked for Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the regime's main propaganda network,' their analysis stated. The FDD connected Abbasifar to the campaign through metadata analysis of the Blood Covenant website. Lesser and Riofrio also claimed Abbasifar had worked as a specialist at a state-run radio network called 'Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran.' 'The US government has an opportunity to set an example by holding him accountable,' they wrote, noting that identifying the creators of the website could help 'levy targeted sanctions against those responsible.' A senior US State Department official said on Friday that the administration was aware of the threats and remained committed to holding 'bad actors accountable,' according to the Washington Free Beacon. 'This means using every tool at our disposal, including sanctions, to implement the president's maximum pressure strategy,' the official added. The development came after Iran's top Shiite religious authority issued a 'fatwa' or religious decree last month against Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The fatwa, declared by Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, called on Muslims to bring down both leaders for allegedly threatening the leadership of the Islamic Republic. The decree labelled any individual or institution that threatened the unity and leadership of the global Islamic community as 'mohareb' or 'warlord', someone waging war against God or regarded as an 'enemy of God.'
New York Post
12-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Iranian fatwa crowdfunding effort claims to have raised $40M for bounty on President Trump's head
A crowdfunding effort that claims to have raised a $40 million bounty for the assassination of President Trump has been linked to a former employee of Iran's primary propaganda network. The campaign, organized by a group known as the 'Blood Covenant,' comes after multiple radical Iranian clerics issued fatwas, or death warrants, against Trump – denouncing him as an 'enemy of Allah' after the US military bombed three of Tehran's nuclear facilities last month. 'We pledge to award the prize to whoever can bring the militants and those who threaten the life of the Deputy of Imam Mahdi (may our souls be sacrificed for him) to justice for their actions,' the Blood Covenant wrote on its website. Advertisement The unhinged message also included a Trump image in crosshairs. 3 Blood Covenant claims to have raised $40.3 million for anyone who assassinates President Trump. Blood Covenant operates 'under the aegis of the Iranian regime,' according to the US-based Middle East Media Research Institute think tank. Advertisement The think tank said that Blood Covenant quotes a verse from the Quran demanding Muslims 'strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of Allah.' 'This is a call to jihad, inviting believers to donate their money and sacrifice their lives,' MEMRI said in an analysis of the fundraising effort. 'The poster lends religious legitimacy to assassinating Trump. 'The fact that these calls to assassinate Trump are coming from above and being echoed in the street and through all strata of society, including in the Iranian media … reflects a broad religious and regime consensus strengthened by reiterated emphasis of the reward anyone carrying out the punishment against Trump can expect to receive — in addition to the $40.3 million, also Paradise and the status of a defender of Islam.' 3 Multiple Iranian clerics have issued fatwas against Trump in recent weeks. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement Max Lesser and Maria Riofrio, analysts with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 'unmasked an Iranian national' Friday who they believe is involved in the Blood Covenant. 'The man apparently behind it, Hossein Abbasifar, appears to have once worked for Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the regime's main propaganda network,' they wrote in an analysis piece. FDD linked the fundraising campaign to Abbasifar using metadata on Blood Covenant's website. Lesser and Riofrio found that Abbasifar may have served as a specialist at the 'Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran' – a state-sponsored radio network. Advertisement The analysts noted that by attributing the creation of the Trump bounty website to specific individuals, the US government would be able 'to levy targeted sanctions against those responsible.' 'The US government has an opportunity to set an example by holding him accountable,' Lesser and Riofrio wrote. The White House and State Department did not respond to The Post's requests for comment. 3 Trump could sanction the organizers of the fundraising campaign. AP A senior State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon on Friday that the Trump administration is aware of the threats and committed to 'hold[ing] bad actors accountable.' 'This means using every tool at our disposal, including sanctions, to implement the president's maximum pressure strategy,' the senior official told the outlet. The bounty on Trump's head was promoted after Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, an Iranian cleric close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, issued a fatwa against Trump on June 29. Shirazi accused Trump of trying to kill Khamenei and declared the president to be 'an enemy of Allah.'
