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

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. A verbal clash unfolded at the United Nations Security Council when Iran’s representative attempted to lecture U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz. (Video: UNTV.) While former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki praised in a Persian-language television interview the issuance of a fatwa calling for the killing of U.S. President Donald Trump, his daughter is living in New York City with her husband — an Iranian diplomat serving at the permanent mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, Fox News digital confirmed. Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki also described as a "brave and significant act" a religious ruling calling for the killing of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images) Mottaki, who served as Iran’s foreign minister from 2005 to 2010