Overview

• The Blood Covenant movement says it has raised $40.3 million through a crowdfunding campaign under Iranian regime auspices to fund President Trump’s assassination.
• Senior Iranian clerics, including Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, have issued fatwas labeling Trump an “enemy of Allah” and calling on Muslims worldwide to carry out the death decree.
• Foundation for Defense of Democracies analysts identified Hossein Abbasifar, a former Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting propagandist, as the likely architect of the fund.
• State-run outlets such as Fars News Agency have promoted the online bounty, representing a novel use of crowdsourced rewards for transnational assassination plots.
• The U.S. government is monitoring the threat environment, has already charged alleged Iran-linked plotters and is preparing targeted sanctions against those responsible.