US Secret Service Aware of Iran State TV Broadcast Threatening Trump's Youngest Son with Assassination

The U.S. Secret Service has taken action after an Iranian state television broadcast featured a video threatening to assassinate the youngest son of U.S. President Donald Trump.

According to U.S. broadcaster CNN on the 25th (local time), a three-minute video was aired over the weekend on Iran's state-run IRIB network, beginning with a graphic bearing the English phrase "Where to kill Barron Trump."

Barron is the youngest of President Trump's three sons and two daughters, and his only child with First Lady Melania Trump.

He is currently 20 years old and a college student, having entered New York University's Stern School of Business in 2024.

The IRIB video featured graphics showing locations known to be places where Barron spends time publicly, including Trump Tower in New York City, and in the latter half, a narration stated that people are "eagerly waiting to collect the $10 million bounty."

Hardline Iranian media outlets have repeatedly broadcast threats against President Trump and his family since the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28, following the deaths of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several members of his family.

While these have included threats against First Lady Melania, CNN noted that this appears to be the first time youngest son Barron has been publicly targeted.

The U.S. Secret Service (SS), which protects key figures including the president, is aware of and preparing for the threats against Barron.

SS Spokesperson Nate Herring stated in a statement sent to CNN, "The Secret Service is aware of the video and is investigating any matter that could be interpreted as a threat to our protectees," adding, "Due to operational security concerns, we do not discuss protective intelligence matters."

Additionally, a federal law enforcement source reported that the video is part of an Iranian video campaign targeting President Trump himself and his family.

Some of the videos include travel routes of family members and offers for their assassination, according to CNN.

While attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month, President Trump mentioned the assassination threats from Iran, saying, "I am on some list. I've been a little lucky so far, but maybe it won't last long. These are evil, deranged people."

President Trump also sparked controversy when, upon returning from the NATO summit, he made a show of boarding Air Force One before switching to a military transport plane, a move also prompted by Iranian assassination threats.

The U.S. government has warned that Iran and Iran-linked entities have targeted President Trump for assassination since the 2020 elimination of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), during Trump's first term in office.

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