JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Senior figures in Iran’s Jewish community publicly called for the killing of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an event at the Iranian parliament focused on retaliation against Israel.

Rabbi Dr. Hakham Hamami Lalehzar, a senior leader in Iran’s Jewish community, condemned Israel and declared that those responsible for the reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, should be put to death. “The murderers of Supreme Leader Khamenei must be killed,” Hamami said.

Quoting the book of Bamidbar, he argued that justice required the killers to be punished with death.

“The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.”

Speaking to Iranian media, Hamami said the Torah teaches that spilled blood can only be atoned for through the death of the murderer. He described Khamenei’s killing as “the height of ruthlessness and contempt for human life,” adding that it demonstrated “the enemy has no limits.”

Hamami also argued that the appropriate term for targeting those responsible was “blood revenge,” saying the phrase more accurately conveyed the concept and would be better understood both regionally and internationally.

“The enemy thought that removing the leader would cause the unity of society to collapse, but the result was the opposite,” he said. “The Iranian people are stronger than ever.”

Also speaking at the conference was Homayoun Sameh, the Jewish representative in the Iranian parliament, who accused Western governments of applying double standards to what he described as terrorism by Israel and the United States.

“For years, the Islamic Republic of Iran was accused of supporting terrorism,” Sameh said. “Today, they remain silent in the face of attacks by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iranian commanders, officials and civilians.”

The two men took part in a conference titled “Fulfilling the Promise of Revenge,” attended by other leaders from Iran’s Jewish community.

Sameh claimed that since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the United States and other Western powers had sought to portray Iran as a sponsor of terrorism while ignoring attacks against Iranians.

“Over the past year, the Zionist regime and the United States, through terrorist operations, have killed many commanders, officials, political and military figures, as well as innocent Iranian women, children and civilians,” he said. “Despite these crimes, Western governments have not only failed to condemn them, but international media outlets have also remained silent.”

Addressing Iran’s calls for retaliation, Sameh argued that revenge against those responsible was rooted in religious values, including Jewish tradition.

“The issue of revenge and confronting injustice holds an important place in religious values, including in the Torah,” he said. “The Torah emphasizes the principle of justice and punishment in accordance with the crime. This is the same concept expressed by the phrase ‘an eye for an eye.'”

He added that Iran should continue explaining to the international community what he described as its legitimate right to retaliate, saying, “Everyone must understand that confronting terrorism and punishing those responsible is a demand arising from justice and the rights of nations.”