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 pen-
alty. 
(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 af-
filiated with— 
(A) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 
Corps; 
(B) the IRGC’s intelligence-security appa-
ratus, 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-intel-
ligence networks, which has committed human 
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rights violations and is involved in terrorist ac-
tivities. 
(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 Eu-
rope 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 extrem-
ist indoctrination program, including serving as one 
of the key ideological architects of the IRGC’s mili-
taristic and apocalyptic doctrine of Mahdism. 
(9) The apocalyptic doctrine of Mahdism as un-
derstood 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 
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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 oth-
ers. 
(11) Ahmad Khatami, a member of the Guard-
ian Council and Assembly of Experts and Interim 
Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran, has been sanc-
tioned 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 King-
dom 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 or-
ganization’s head Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, has en-
dorsed the charge of Moharebeh against President 
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Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin 
Netenyahu, and others. Accordingly, professors, stu-
dents, 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 Min-
ister Benjamin Netanyahu, thus imperiling the na-
tional 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 there-
after for a period not to exceed 6 years, the Secretary of 
State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a determination as to whether the individuals and en-
tities described in subsection (b) meet the criteria for des-
ignation in subsection (c). 
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(b) INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—The 
individuals and entities described in this subsection in-
clude 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. 
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(c) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.—The criteria for a 
designation described in this subsection includes the fol-
lowing: 
(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 Re-
spect to Additional Sectors of Iran. 
(C) 13876—Imposing Sanctions with Re-
spect to Iran. 
(D) 13871—Imposing Sanctions with Re-
spect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper 
Sectors of Iran. 
(E) 13846—Reimposing Certain Sanctions 
With Respect To Iran. 
(F) 13608—Prohibiting Certain Trans-
actions With and Suspending Entry Into the 
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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 Gov-
ernment of Iran and Iranian Financial Institu-
tions (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). 
Æ 
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