The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim news agency posted a video Monday urging its supporters to assassinate first lady Melania Trump and threatening presidential son Barron Trump.
The video, narrated in Persian, named department stores in Manhattan where Mrs. Trump is known to shop for clothes and noted security measures deployed in advance of her trips, including the removal of trash cans on the streets.
The footage, first reported by The Times of Israel, called on “freedom fighters” to use a nerve agent to poison President Trump’s wife and named three of her personal stylists, who they suggested be bribed to poison her clothing.
Towards the end of the video, a narrator threatened the Trumps’ 20-year-old son, who is a student at a Washington university:
“This is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us!”
The video surfaced just before Mr. Trump was expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to discuss how to approach Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep underground near one of Iran’s main nuclear sites.
The threatening video also follows billboards in Tehran last week demanding the deaths of other Trump family members, including Melania, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Barron — reading “Blood for blood.”
Separately, banners stating “We will kill Trump” appeared in Mashhad around the burial of Iran’s former Supreme Leader.
Tasnim’s media license is held by an outlet founded by an IRGC commander, is seen as the Guards’ mouthpiece, and was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2023 over its ties to the IRGC.
Iran has previously threatened to assassinate Mr. Trump, and earlier in the month Israel told the White House about an Iranian plot to assassinate him.
The president publicly acknowledged the plan to reporters recently, saying that the Iranians, “want to take out the U.S. leader — me.”
“I’m on every single one of their lists. And so far, I guess I’ve been a little bit lucky, but that maybe doesn’t last very long,” he said.
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