Former Iranian minister praises Trump assassination fatwa as daughter lives in New York

While erstwhile Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki praised successful a Persian-language tv interrogation the issuance of a fatwa calling for the sidesplitting of U.S. President Donald Trump, his girl is surviving successful New York City with her husband, an Iranian diplomat serving astatine the imperishable ngo of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, Fox News integer confirmed.

The emblem of Iran flutters successful the upwind extracurricular of the IAEA office during the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA's Board of Governors gathering astatine the agency's office successful Vienna, Austria, connected November 20, 2024.  (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Mottaki, who served arsenic Iran’s overseas curate from 2005 to 2010 nether then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and remains a salient fig successful Iran’s governmental establishment, said Iran’s Supreme Leader had determined that Trump was a transgression and suggested Iran’s judiciary should act, according to a video reviewed by Fox News Digital. 

He besides described arsenic a "brave and important act" a spiritual ruling calling for the sidesplitting of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran's erstwhile Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a quality league successful Tbilisi Nov. 3, 2010.  (David Mdzinarishvili /Reuters)

Mottaki’s daughter, Zahra Assadi Nazari, is joined to Nasser Assadi Nazari, who is listed arsenic a 3rd counsellor astatine Iran’s ngo to the United Nations successful New York.

The concern echoes erstwhile controversies involving relatives of elder Iranian officials surviving successful the United States. 

In January, Emory University dismissed Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the girl of Iranian authoritative Ali Larijani, from a teaching presumption aft protests implicit her employment astatine the university’s aesculapian school.

On Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Saeid Iravani, sparred with U.S. envoy Mike Waltz during a Security Council session, telling the American ambassador to "be polite," a remark that drew a crisp rebuke.

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Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during Tehran's Friday prayers May 20, 2011.  (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)

"I person 1 connection only: I counsel the typical of the United States to beryllium polite," Iravani said during the meeting.

Moments later, Waltz responded: "Frankly, I’m not going to dignify this with different response, particularly arsenic this typical sits present successful this assemblage representing a authorities that has killed tens of thousands of its ain radical and imprisoned galore much simply for wanting state from your tyranny."

Fox News Digital contacted Iran’s ngo to the United Nations asking whether it could corroborate the relationship. The ngo declined to comment.

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Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani attends a United Nations Security Council meeting, aft the U.S. and Israel launched strikes connected Iran, astatine U.N. office successful New York City, U.S. Feb. 28, 2026.  (Heather Khalifa/Reuters)

Fox News Digital besides requested remark from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations regarding Mottaki’s remarks and the broader implications of a erstwhile elder Iranian authoritative appearing to endorse unit against the sitting U.S. president portion his contiguous household resides successful New York. No effect was received by the clip of publication.

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