'Jihad Fatwa': Iran's Ayatollah Calls For Shedding Of Trump & Zionists' Blood Amid War

Tehran: Senior Iranian cleric Abdollah Javadi-Amoli has issued a fatwa for jihad, calling for shedding the blood of Israelis and US President Donald Trump. This is what is required of devout Shiite Muslims today, the Ayatollah said according to the Iranian state media. This comes as hostilities between US-Israel and Iran continues to intensify.

US and Israeli forces have maintained a barrage of airstrikes against Iranian targets, marking the fifth consecutive day of conflict. Tehran has responded with its own strikes against strategic and military installations linked to American and allied interests, further escalating the conflict.

Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli is one of Iran’s prominent Shiite scholars and a senior religious authority within the country’s clerical establishment. Born in 1933, he is considered an influential Islamic philosopher whose views have shaped religious and political discourse in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The fatwa issued by him have drawn global attention as rhetoric between Iran, the US and Israel continues to intensify, raising concerns about the wider geopolitical implications and the potential for further escalation in the already-volatile West Asia region.

This comes after airstrikes on Iran lead to the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pushing the country into 40 days of national mourning, with several Iranians demonstrating against the United States of America. Iranian leaders have also called for avenging the death of Khamenei.

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran considers it its legitimate duty and right to avenge the perpetrators and masterminds of this historic crime.”

"The assassination of the highest political authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a prominent leader of Shiism worldwide…is perceived as an open declaration of war against Muslims, and particularly against Shiites, everywhere in the world," he added.

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