[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6230 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6230
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 9, 2026
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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AN ACT
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
in a state-television appearance 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 variously described U.S. President Donald Trump
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as 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 reportedly 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, reportedly 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 publicly endorsed and propagated
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, including their characterization of President Trump
and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a ``Moharebeh''--an
offense that, under Iranian law, can carry the death penalty.
(8) Alireza Panahian serves as a leading figure in the
IRGC's indoctrination system and is described by analysts as
one of the main ideological architects of its militarized,
apocalyptic Mahdism doctrine.
(9) Within hardline currents of Iran's post-1979 political-
religious establishment--especially IRGC-linked Mahdist
ideology--Mahdism is interpreted as requiring the destruction
of Israel as a prelude to 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, and is described as 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 is reported to have
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 Moharebeh Fatwas
against President Donald J. Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netenyahu, and others. Statements released through Qom's
Seminary's press office and signed by hundreds to thousands of
clerics, professors, and students describe President Donald J.
Trump's ``blood wealth'' as religiously permissible,
effectively signaling their willingness to see the fatwa
carried out.
(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 FOR IMPOSITION OF
SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, not later than 2 years thereafter, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
determination as to whether the foreign persons described in subsection
(b) meet the criteria for sanctions described in subsection (c) based
on their role in issuing and amplifying fatwas advocating for violence,
including as the fatwas relate to the deaths of President Donald J.
Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other political
leaders.
(b) Foreign Persons Described.--The foreign persons 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) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) Blocking of property.--The President shall exercise all
authorities granted under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to
block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests
in property of foreign persons described in subsection (b) if
such property and interests in property are in the United
States, come within the United States, or come within the
possession or control of a United States person.
(2) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or parole.--
(A) Visas, admission, or parole.--An alien
described in subsection (b) shall be--
(i) inadmissible to the United States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other
documentation to enter the United States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted
or paroled into the United States or to receive
any other benefit under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) In general.--The visa or other entry
documentation of any alien described in
subsection (b) shall be revoked regardless of
the issue date of the visa or other entry
documentation.
(ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under
clause (i) shall, in accordance with section
221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1201(i))--
(I) take effect immediately; and
(II) cancel any other valid visa or
entry documentation that is in the
possession of the alien.
(d) Penalties.--Any person that violates, or attempts to violate,
subsection (c) or any regulation, license, or order issued pursuant to
that subsection, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Economic
Emergency Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person
that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that
section.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions
under this section with respect to a foreign person if, not later than
15 days after the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the
President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a written
determination and justification that the waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States.
(f) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out any
amendments made by this section.
(g) Regulations.--The President shall, not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as
necessary for the implementation of this Act.
(h) Exceptions.--
(1) Exception for intelligence activities.--Sanctions under
this section shall not apply to any activity subject to the
reporting requirements under title V of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized
intelligence activities of the United States.
(2) Exception to comply with international obligations and
for law enforcement activities.--Sanctions under this section
shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or
paroling the alien into the United States is necessary--
(A) to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and
entered into force November 21, 1947, between the
United Nations and the United States, or other
applicable international obligations; or
(B) to carry out or assist authorized law
enforcement activity in the United States.
(3) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements
to impose sanctions authorized under this section shall
not include the authority or requirement to impose
sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term
``good'' means any article, natural or manmade
substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(i) Termination of Sanctions.--This section shall cease to be
effective beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date on which
the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees
that the Government of Iran no longer repeatedly provides support for
international terrorism as determined by the Secretary of State
pursuant to--
(1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act
of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A));
(2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2371);
(3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2780); or
(4) any other provision of law.
(j) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Financial Services, and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
(2) the term ``foreign person''--
(A) means an individual or entity that is not a
United States person; and
(B) includes a foreign state (as such term is
defined in section 1603 of title 28, United States
Code);
(3) the term ``Government of Iran'' has the meaning given
such term in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal
Regulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 2021;
and
(4) the term ``United States person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen;
(B) a permanent resident alien of the United
States;
(C) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the United
States, including a foreign branch of such an entity;
or
(D) a person in the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2026.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.