Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki recently lauded a fatwa advocating for the assassination of the U.S. President during a Persian-language television interview. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that his daughter resides in New York City alongside her husband, an Iranian diplomat stationed at the Islamic Republic of Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations.

Mottaki, who held the position of foreign minister from 2005 to 2010 under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and remains a key figure in the Iranian political landscape, stated that the judiciary should take action against the U.S. President, whom he labeled a criminal, according to video footage reviewed by our outlet.

He further characterized a religious decree calling for the deaths of the U.S. President and the Israeli Prime Minister as a “brave and significant act.”

Mottaki’s daughter, Zahra Assadi Nazari, is the spouse of Nasser Assadi Nazari, who is officially registered as a third counselor at Iran’s mission in New York.

This development mirrors prior instances involving the relatives of high-ranking Iranian officials living within the United States.

In January, Emory University terminated the employment of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, daughter of Iranian official Ali Larijani, from a teaching role at its medical school following public outcry.

On Sunday, Iran’s UN Ambassador, Saeid Iravani, engaged in a heated exchange with U.S. envoy Mike Waltz during a meeting, instructing the American representative to “be polite,” which prompted a stern rebuttal.

“I have one word only: I advise the representative of the United States to be polite,” Iravani stated during the session.

Waltz replied shortly after: “Frankly, I’m not going to dignify this with another response, especially as this representative sits here in representation of a regime that has killed tens of thousands of its own people and imprisoned many more simply for wanting freedom from your tyranny.”

Our outlet reached out to Iran’s mission to the United Nations to verify the family connection, but the mission declined to provide a comment.

We also sought comment from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations regarding Mottaki’s statements and the implications of a former senior Iranian official endorsing violence against the U.S. President while his family lives in New York. No response was provided prior to publication.