Despite regime denials, clerics call for "holy retribution" over nuclear strikes. Seventeen days after JFeed exposed a chilling campaign by Iran-linked Telegram groups offering an $18 million bounty for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump, the plot has escalated. A shadowy group calling itself "Blood Covenant", reportedly connected to the Iranian regime, has now raised over $40 million through an online crowdfunding campaign aimed at facilitating Trump’s assassination.
According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the group is operating under the “protection of the Iranian regime” and has received spiritual and logistical backing from at least ten state-appointed clerics. These clerics have issued jihadist fatwas, labeling Trump the “Enemy of Allah” and promising eternal paradise, financial rewards, and the title of “Defender of Islam” to anyone who carries out the killing.
One such figure, Cleric Azari, appointed by the regime to the West Azerbaijan province, reportedly offered a personal reward of 100 billion toman (approximately $1.14 million) for anyone who could “bring Trump’s head.” The campaign was launched in response to Trump’s authorization of airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities earlier this year - a move that enraged conservative religious circles within Iran. Blood Covenant’s website, still online at the time of writing, features Quranic verses, martyrdom slogans, and donation options for what it calls a “holy mission of Islamic justice.” (Read More)