This claim is a textbook piece of multi-layered disinformation, fabricating not one but four distinct falsehoods and stitching them together into a single authoritative-sounding assertion. There is no ICC arrest warrant against Donald Trump, there is no documented military operation called "Operation Roaring Lion" targeting Iranian civilians, there are no active Interpol Red Notices against either leader on these charges, and the ICC has issued no warrants of any kind in connection with Iran. The claim exploits partial public knowledge of real ICC proceedings — specifically the November 2024 warrant against Netanyahu related to Gaza — to lend a veneer of plausibility to an entirely invented scenario.

The Facts: What the ICC Has and Has Not Done

The International Criminal Court did issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2024, alongside former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in connection with alleged crimes related to the conflict in Gaza — not Iran, not "Operation Roaring Lion." That warrant has been deeply contested, with the United States, which is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, rejecting the ICC's jurisdiction over its allies entirely. The Trump administration responded to ICC overreach against Americans and Israelis by imposing escalating sanctions on ICC officials, including judges and deputy prosecutors, through an executive order titled "Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court."

No warrant of any kind has been issued against Donald Trump by the ICC. As of March 2026, the Trump administration has actively threatened additional sanctions against the court unless it formally amended its founding statute to exclude American nationals from prosecution. Far from being a target of ICC proceedings, Trump's government has been the court's most aggressive institutional adversary. This reality directly inverts the false narrative being spread.

• No "Operation Roaring Lion" against Iranian civilians appears in any verified military, governmental, or journalistic record. The name is unverifiable and almost certainly invented to anchor the fabricated narrative in a sense of operational specificity.
• No Interpol Red Notices have been issued against Netanyahu or Trump. Interpol Red Notices are issued at the request of member countries or international tribunals, are publicly listed on Interpol's website, and would generate immediate, global, mainstream media coverage — none of which has occurred.
• The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, having unsigned it in 2002 under President George W. Bush. The ICC therefore has no direct jurisdictional pathway over American nationals without extraordinary legal mechanisms.
• The ICC's most recent warrants, as of mid-2025, targeted Taliban leaders Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against women and girls — bearing no relation to Iran or the leaders named in this claim.

Historical Context: Why This Disinformation Exists

This type of fabricated legal narrative follows a well-documented pattern of information warfare targeting Israel and the United States. State and non-state actors hostile to the Western alliance — including Iranian state media, Hezbollah-aligned networks, and pro-Hamas social media ecosystems — routinely exploit the ICC's real (and contested) proceedings against Israel to amplify and distort. By conflating an existing warrant with fabricated new charges, false targets, and invented operations, propagandists generate confusion and erode public trust in factual legal reporting.

The specific inclusion of Trump alongside Netanyahu is strategically designed to appeal simultaneously to anti-American and anti-Israel audiences, and to demoralize Western audiences who support both leaders. The mention of "Interpol notices" adds a layer of false urgency and enforceability to the claim, suggesting imminent legal consequences that do not exist. The fabricated operation name "Operation Roaring Lion" provides narrative grounding that makes the claim harder to quickly disprove for audiences unfamiliar with the actual military record.

Iran, which has faced sustained Israeli and American military pressure, has particular motive to circulate narratives casting its adversaries as internationally designated war criminals. The Islamic Republic and its media proxies have a documented history of seeding disinformation into Western social media ecosystems via intermediary outlets and anonymous accounts, often timed to coincide with real geopolitical events to maximize traction.

Conclusion: A Fabricated Claim Designed to Delegitimize Democratic Leaders

Every core element of this claim — the ICC warrants against Trump, the "Operation Roaring Lion" framing, the Interpol notices, and the Iranian civilian casualty basis — is either entirely invented or fundamentally misrepresented. The only kernel of reality is the existence of the November 2024 ICC warrant against Netanyahu, which itself concerns Gaza and remains deeply contested in international legal circles, with the United States rejecting it outright.

The harm of this disinformation is compounded by its specificity. Vague claims are easily dismissed; fabricated claims dressed in precise legal and operational language — court names, warrant procedures, Interpol mechanisms, military operation titles — can circulate widely before being debunked. The goal is not to inform but to delegitimize: to place elected Western leaders in the same legal and moral category as the actual war criminals the ICC routinely pursues. Citizens, journalists, and policymakers must apply rigorous source verification before accepting and sharing claims of this nature, particularly when they carry significant geopolitical implications.