Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the 88-member body responsible for selecting and overseeing the Supreme Leader, issued an official declaration today (Wednesday) calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the New York Post.
1+The call appeared in a 10-point document published by the Assembly. According to the senior clerics, killing “the evil prime minister of the Zionist regime” and “the criminal American president” is a religious duty that must be carried out under any circumstances. The council emphasized the action’s importance stems from the need to avenge the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The document states that anyone who gains access to the two men has a duty to “send them to hell.” Alongside the declaration, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri displayed Trump’s face in a rifle scope on its front page, under the headline “Revenge is certain.”
1+The clerics also addressed ongoing ceasefire negotiations in the war. According to them, the diplomatic contacts are merely a “delay tactic” designed to give the U.S. time to plan additional rounds of attacks.