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[H.R. 6230 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6230
To designate certain individuals as specially designated global
terrorists.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2025
Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the
Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To designate certain individuals as specially designated global
terrorists.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Tehran Incitement to Violence Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Abdolmajid Kharghani, a hardline cleric and Quranic
studies expert, reportedly revealed an online fundraising
campaign to the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Khargani claimed
that this could be achieved in Europe with $10-$20 million.
(2) Following Abdolmajid Khargani's remarks, the website
THAAR.IR was launched to crowdsource funding to execute the
aforementioned assassination attempts, which has since claimed
to have raised more than $20 million. This figure and fund have
not been independently verified.
(3) During and following the 12-Day War against the Islamic
Republic of Iran's nuclear, missile, and military facilities,
Iranian clerics and various other political and religious
figures have charged U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with being a Mohareb (one who
wares against God), a Mahdur al-Dam (one whose blood must be
spilled), a Mufsid fil-Arz (a spreader of corruption on earth),
and a Kafir Harbi (a waring infidel) all of which under Islamic
Law (Sharia) invite violence against the offender.
(4) Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri has issued a fatwa against
President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and others charging
them with the crime of Moharebeh which under the Islamic penal
system has had various punishments throughout which include the
death penalty, crucifixion, cross amputation, and exile. Under
the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this charge carries
the death penalty.
(5) Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a senior member of the
Assembly of Experts, similarly issued a fatwa charging
President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and others, with the
crime of Moharebeh.
(6) Alireza Panahian, a senior member of the Office of
Supreme Leader, is an extremist cleric affiliated with--
(A) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;
(B) the IRGC's intelligence-security apparatus,
which is involved in gross human rights violations in
Iran and proliferating terrorism abroad;
(C) the inner ring of Mojtaba Khamenei's personal
network; and
(D) the so-called ``Habib Circle'', one of the
regime's highest informal security-intelligence
networks, which has committed human rights violations
and is involved in terrorist activities.
(7) Alireza Panahian has promoted the fatwas of Ayatollah
Naser Makarem-Shirazi, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts
and an illicit profiteer in Iran's sugar market, and Ayatollah
Hossein Nouri Hamedani, disciple and former representative in
Europe of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which includes a call to
assassinate President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu by charging each as a Moharebeh.
(8) Alireza Panahian functions as a leader in the IRGC's
antisemitic and violent, Islamist extremist indoctrination
program, including serving as one of the key ideological
architects of the IRGC's militaristic and apocalyptic doctrine
of Mahdism.
(9) The apocalyptic doctrine of Mahdism as understood
within the confines of Iran's political and religious system
after the 1979 Islamic Revolution advocates for the destruction
of Israel to herald the return of the Hidden 12th Imam.
(10) Ayatollah Abbas Kaabi, a member of the leadership
committee of the Assembly of Experts, an affiliate with the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a key figure in the
establishment of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and who possesses
extensive ties to Iran-backed Shia militias in Iraq, has
publicly endorsed the charge of Moharebeh against President
Donald Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, and others.
(11) Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Guardian Council and
Assembly of Experts and Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran,
has been sanctioned by the European Union for human rights
abuses due to his egregious conduct and has called for the
executions of President Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
(12) Mohsen Araki, a member of the Assembly of Experts and
Expediency Council and the Supreme Leader's former
representative to the United Kingdom and head of the Islamic
Center of England, has threated President Donald J. Trump and
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by saying ``their lives and
property are no longer protected''.
(13) Mohsen Araki declared the United States Government,
including President Donald J. Trump, as a ``hostile infidel
government by all Muslims''.
(14) The Qom Seminary, and including the organization's
head Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, has endorsed the charge of
Moharebeh against President Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netenyahu, and others. Accordingly, professors,
students, and administrators have signed and released a
statement declaring their readiness to implement the fatwa,
thus endangering President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's lives.
(15) These Fatwas and charges of Moharebeh by senior
clerical leaders from Iran's state-linked clerical institutions
and religious leaders are a clear incitement of violence and
consequently endanger the lives of President Donald J. Trump
and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thus imperiling the
national security of the United States and Israel.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION ON CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 6
years, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a determination as to whether the individuals and entities described in
subsection (b) meet the criteria for designation in subsection (c).
(b) Individuals and Entities Described.--The individuals and
entities described in this subsection include the following:
(1) Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi.
(2) Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani.
(3) Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri.
(4) Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani.
(5) Alireza Panahian.
(6) Ayatollah Abbas Kaabi.
(7) Abdolmajid Kharghani.
(8) Ahmad Khatami.
(9) Mohsen Araki.
(10) Ayatollah Alireza Arafi.
(11) Qom Seminary (Howzeh Elmieh Qom).
(12) Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
(13) Assembly of Experts.
(14) Expediency and Discernment Council.
(15) Guardian Council.
(16) Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda.
(17) Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Jaameh Modaresin
Howzeh Elmieh Qom).
(18) Hojjat al-Eslam Amin Assadpour.
(c) Criteria for Designation.--The criteria for a designation
described in this subsection includes the following:
(1) Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who
commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).
(2) FTO.
(3) GLOMAG.
(4) Conduct or status that meets the criteria for
designation under the following:
(A) 13949--Blocking Property of Certain Persons
with Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of
Iran.
(B) 13902--Imposing Sanctions With Respect to
Additional Sectors of Iran.
(C) 13876--Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran.
(D) 13871--Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the
Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran.
(E) 13846--Reimposing Certain Sanctions With
Respect To Iran.
(F) 13608--Prohibiting Certain Transactions With
and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and Syria
(Effective Date--May 01, 2012).
(G) 13606--Blocking the Property and Suspending
Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons With
Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments
of Iran and Syria via Information Technology (Effective
Date--April 23, 2012).
(H) 13599--Blocking Property of the Government of
Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions (Effective
Date--February 06, 2012).
(I) 13553--Blocking Property of Certain Persons
With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses By The
Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions
(Effective Date--September 29, 2010).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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