Iran Parliament Weighs €50M Bounty on Trump, Netanyahu, CENTCOM

Iran’s parliament is reviewing a bill that would obligate the state to pay €50 million (about $58 million) to anyone who kills U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or U.S. Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper.

The proposal was announced on state television by lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi, chair of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee. Azizi framed the measure as retaliation for strikes on February 28 that, he asserted, killed a former supreme leader and said the named officials must face ‘reciprocal action.’

Mahmoud Nabavian, a member of the National Security Commission, confirmed the bill is heading to a parliamentary vote and warned of a ‘devastating’ response if Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, were targeted. Nabavian added that parliament would vote to designate a substantial reward for anyone who kills Trump or Netanyahu.

The measure, titled ‘Reciprocal action by military and security forces of the Islamic Republic,’ has not cleared committee review. Any approved law would still require Guardian Council confirmation before taking effect. The version circulated by lawmakers does not specify a payment mechanism.

Iran faces extensive international sanctions, which raises questions about how a state-backed payment of this size could be delivered. Iranian authorities have used alternative channels to move value outside the dollar system, including digital assets and stablecoins for sanctioned trade. A group operating with apparent regime tolerance reportedly collected more than $40 million in pledged bounties on Trump after strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, and state telecommunications networks have at times been used to solicit donations.

Daniel Cohen, a research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, described the bill as ‘psyops’ intended to signal defiance after the February strikes and warned that openly endorsed rhetoric could inspire lone actors even without a formal payout mechanism.

The proposal comes amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Justice Department charged an Iranian national in 2024 over an alleged Revolutionary Guard plot targeting Trump. In March, the U.S. Defense Secretary reported that an Iranian official planning a separate attempt was killed in a U.S. airstrike. In a January 2026 interview, Trump warned that any attempt on his life would trigger strong U.S. retaliation.

The next parliamentary committee session will decide whether the proposal advances to a full vote and moves to the Guardian Council for approval.