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Bounty Bill in Tehran
Iran’s parliament is preparing to vote on a bill that would award €50 million, or about $58 million, to anyone responsible for killing US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Admiral Brad Cooper of US Central Command also named in the legislation.
“Iranian lawmakers are preparing to vote on legislation that would award $58 million to anyone responsible for killing the US President”
Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran’s National Security Commission, said the bill is being prepared under the title "Reciprocal action by military and security forces of the Islamic Republic" and linked the proposal to the killing of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the February strikes on Iran.
The bill is framed as retaliation for the February 28 strikes that Iranian lawmakers say killed Khamenei, and multiple outlets describe the legislation as a formal parliamentary step rather than only religious messaging.
Mahmoud Nabavian, an Iranian MP and cleric, confirmed parliament would soon discuss rewards for anyone who "sends Trump and Netanyahu to hell," as Iranian officials also warned that any future attacks would trigger a "devastating" response.
Rhetoric, Quotes, and Dispute
Azizi told state TV that "We believe the vile president of the United States, the ominous and disgraceful Zionist prime minister, and the CENTCOM commander must be targeted and subjected to reciprocal action," tying the proposed rewards to retaliation for Khamenei’s assassination.
Nabavian confirmed the upcoming vote and warned that Iran’s response to any killing of the new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, would be “devastating,” while the same reporting also described the bill as part of formalizing threats made by the regime against world leaders.
The Jerusalem Post also cited Dr. Daniel Cohen, who said the potential move was "more like psyops [psychological operations] against the leadership, nothing else," contrasting the parliamentary framing with how he characterized the likely intent.
Other coverage described the bill’s targets and timing through different lenses, including a report that Iran’s parliament is preparing to vote as tensions continue despite ongoing ceasefire efforts and that the strikes reportedly took place on February 28.
Diplomacy Under Shadow
The bounty legislation emerges while Iran and the United States continue indirect negotiations through Pakistani mediation channels, with Iran handing a revised 14-point peace proposal to the US that includes lifting sanctions, release of frozen Iranian assets, removal of the US naval blockade, and recognition of Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz.
“"We are really not making a lot of progress,"”
A US official told Axios that "We are really not making a lot of progress," and the same reporting said Trump warned Iran there would be "nothing left" of the country if negotiations failed.
Trump also said he was "an hour away from making the decision to go today" before pausing to give diplomacy more time after Tehran submitted another proposal aimed at ending the US-Israeli conflict.
In parallel, Iranian officials warned that any future attacks on Iran or its leadership would trigger a "devastating" response, while the bill’s stated retaliation for the February strikes and the named targets—Trump, Netanyahu, and Admiral Brad Cooper—keep the proposed parliamentary action tightly linked to the current security standoff.
