Iranian regime-affiliated media platforms and Telegram networks have launched an extraordinary psychological warfare initiative, circulating assassination bounties exceeding $18 million directed at US President Donald Trump. The campaign combines religious edicts with substantial financial incentives, marking what intelligence analysts characterize as a concerning evolution from rhetorical hostility to direct incitement.
The precise bounty amount of $18,341,623 has been distributed across regime-connected channels, labeled as a "donation" for any individual or organization successfully executing the American president. Accompanying materials feature Trump's image overlaid with crimson targeting symbols positioned directly over his forehead, alongside messaging incorporating "eternal blood" and "lasting peace" terminology drawn from jihadist and Shi'ite religious frameworks.
Meanwhile inside occupied Iran:
The terrorist Islamic Republic occupying Iran has put a bounty of over $18 million on President Trump's life.
Any questions? pic.twitter.com/t9v7yDJVHT
— Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری (@gghamari) July 6, 2025
Promotional content accompanying the bounty appeals includes Quranic references urging Muslims to "fight with their wealth and their lives," representing language traditionally employed by extremist clerics to justify martyrdom operations. The religious framing transforms the assassination call from political opposition into what organizers present as a spiritual obligation.
President Trump saved both Khamenei's life and the regime in Iran, hoping it would change their behaviour.
Today, the regime showed their gratitude by issuing a fatwa against him, calling for his death.
There is a lesson here. pic.twitter.com/qoqYHRsC8z
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) June 29, 2025
This development follows sustained Iranian setbacks in covert operations against Israel and American interests, including infrastructure strikes targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities and the elimination of key operatives. Western intelligence officials, however, interpret the current bounty campaign as representing a qualitative escalation from symbolic rhetoric toward concrete incitement mechanisms.
A senior ayatollah maintaining close relationships with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued an explicit fatwa earlier this week demanding Trump's death, characterizing the president as an "enemy of Islam." While Tehran's official governmental apparatus has avoided public endorsement of the bounty initiative, Western intelligence officials warn of genuine threats emanating from regime-adjacent actors operating with calculated deniability.
