Overview

• The Blood Covenant movement claims to have amassed approximately $40.3 million for President Trump’s assassination, according to MEMRI translations of its fundraising platform.
• Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi and other senior clerics issued fatwas branding Trump an “enemy of Allah” and endorsing the death bounty.
• State-controlled outlets such as Fars News Agency have amplified the campaign under the guise of defending Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
• A senior State Department official confirmed awareness of the threat and pledged to hold organizers accountable through imminent sanctions.
• Federal prosecutors had already charged three individuals in November for plotting to kill Trump on behalf of Iran, and the Secret Service has intensified protective measures.