{"id":57127,"date":"2026-03-26T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=57127"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:35:11","slug":"at-least-3-fatwas-have-been-formally-issued-against-president-donald-j-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=57127","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>At least 3 fatwas have been formally issued against President Donald J. Trump by Iranian Ayatollahs who possess the authority to do so<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">Based on reports from June and July 2025, at least two prominent Iranian Grand Ayatollahs issued fatwas (religious decrees) against President Donald Trump, designating him an &#8220;enemy of God&#8221; and calling for his death.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"pphe2_g,pphe2_h\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=pphe2_f\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Signatories:<\/strong>\u00a0The fatwas were issued by high-ranking Iranian Shiite clerics, specifically Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi and Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri-Hamedani, following military escalations between the U.S.\/Israel and Iran in mid-2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Nature of the Decrees:<\/strong>\u00a0The decrees labeled Trump a\u00a0<em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">mohareb<\/em>\u00a0(one who wages war against God), a designation under Iranian law that can carry the death penalty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Scope:<\/strong>\u00a0The fatwas were issued in response to threats against Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and called on Muslims worldwide to ensure enforcement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAw\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Context:<\/strong>\u00a0Thefatwas were part of a broader reaction by the Iranian clerical establishment to a 12-day war in June 2025 that involved attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQBA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Official Response:<\/strong>\u00a0Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian later attempted to distance the Iranian government from these specific decrees in an interview with Tucker Carlson, arguing they were &#8220;scholarly views&#8221; and not direct orders to kill.<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"pphe2_18,pphe2_19\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=pphe2_17\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These 2025 actions are distinct from, but similar to, intense threats against Trump following the 2020 death of IRGC Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"pphe2_1l,pphe2_1m\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=pphe2_1k\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57129,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57127\/revisions\/57129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}