Iran plans to put £43.5 million bounty on Trump’s and Netanyahu’s heads America news

Iran’s parliament is preparing to vote on whether to place €50 million (£43.5m) bounties on the heads of Donald Trump and BenjamiNetanyahu. This decision follows a planned full-scale US military attack on Iran that was averted whener the US president changed his stance at the last minute.

The proposed bounty, which would be offered to anyone who assassinates the President of the United States or the Prime Minister of Israel, is believed to be in retaliation for the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes at the beginning of the current conflict.

Why is Iran voting on bounties for Trump and Netanyahu?

Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran’s National Security Commission, confirmed that lawmakers were working on a bill titled “Reciprocating actions by the military and security forces of the Islamic Republic”. According to Iranian state television, he wrote: “As Trump ordered the assassination of Ali Khamenei, every Muslim and every free person must deal with him.”

Another member of the commission, Mahmoud Nabavian, also announced the imminent vote, claiming that the reward in question would be to “send Mr Trump and Netanyahu to hell.”

He wrote: “Threats against the Supreme Leader and military commanders have again been heard from the dirty mouths of some enemy officers. Despicable American and Zionist officials, as well as the heads of regional countries, should know that if there is an invasion this time, we will destroy them along with their palaces.”

If passed, a formal state-sanctioned bounty would represent a significant escalation beyond the death threats already directed at both leaders, the Daily Mail reports.

Iranian religious authorities issued a fatwa targeting the two men even before the parliamentary vote was announced. These voices have grown louder since fighting began in late February, with clerics repeatedly urging Muslims around the world to avenge Khamenei’s death.

Mr Trump had previously warned that any Iranian attempt on his life would lead to “very strong orders” to “wipe him off the face of the earth”.

Why was the American attack on Iran stopped?

The escalating rhetoric came as a planned US attack on Iran, described as “full-scale” and scheduled for today, was cancelled after Mr Trump reversed his decision at the eleventh hour following individual appeals to Middle Eastern leaders to push for a negotiated nuclear deal.

Posting on Truth Social, Mr Trump declared he would not back down from the attack and made clear that the direct intervention of the rulers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had been decisive in his change of heart.

He wrote: “I have been asked…to halt our planned military strike on the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow.”

The president said that “serious negotiations are now taking place” and that America’s Gulf allies believe an agreement can be reached “that will be very acceptable to the United States”. He said, “This deal, importantly, will not include any nuclear weapons for Iran! Based on my respect for the leaders mentioned above.”

Mr Trump reiterated his stance that Iran should not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons under any terms of a peace agreement.