Secret Service says it is aware of Iranian state-TV video threatening Barron Trump

The video labels Barron Trump a "target" and references various notable locations, including Trump Tower and a Washington address tied to New York University, where Trump is reportedly enrolled as a student.

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On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled a new effort intended to isolate Iran economically, warning foreign companies and governments to cease business with Tehran or lose access to U.S. financial systems.

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A three-minute video broadcast by Iranian state TV discussed a potential plot to assassinate Barron Trump, 20, claiming that he was being monitored and alleging that a $10 million bounty had been offered for his killing.

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The United States and Iran have kept up hostile rhetoric during a nearly six-month-old war started by the U.S. and Israel in February.

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The video came amid threats from the Trump administration to nations that fail to sever their economic ties with Tehran and an ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The video came amid threats from the Trump administration to nations that fail to sever their economic ties with Tehran and an ongoing naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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In July, Trump secretly switched planes from Air Force One to another aircraft in Turkey via a catering truck due to a credible Iranian surface-to-air missile threat.

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He said those words at a NATO summit in Turkey before leaving the country on an alternate plane after hiding on a catering truck.

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While there have previously been threats to first lady Melania Trump, this appears to be the first time their son Barron has been publicly singled out.

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Some of the videos have included movement details and suggestions for killing members of the president's family.

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During the dayslong funeral events for the late Khamenei in July, regime loyalists were seen holding posters with the words "Kill Trump" and offering a bounty for whoever avenged their leader's death.

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He made those comment at the NATO summit in Turkey, before he secretly slipped out of the country on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat.

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Anti-American displays, including chants of "Death to America" and flag burnings, have been a constant of state-organized rallies in Iran since the Islamic Revolution brought the theocratic regime to power in 1979.

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The college student has occasionally appeared with his parents at higher-profile events like last year's Inauguration Day and this summer's UFC fights at the White House.

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The war and Khamenei's assassination have prompted a surge of anti-American messaging throughout Iran.

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Trump made those comments at a NATO summit in Turkey, where he snuck out of the country on a secret plane instead of Air Force One after learning of an Iranian threat against him.

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The clip also claimed that an unnamed young woman had evaded Secret Service protection, met privately with Barron Trump and relayed information about him to the video's creators.

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It also claimed he uses Xbox to communicate privately.

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He has attended some official events, including the president's UFC cage match at the White House in June and the State of the Union address at the Capitol in February.

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The threats have led to heightened security for Trump and several former members of his administration, though Iran has denied plotting to kill him.

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This year, Asif Merchant, a Pakistani business owner, was convicted after authorities accused him of working on behalf of Iran with the intention of carrying out assassinations, with Trump being a target.

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And in 2024, federal authorities charged Farhad Shakeri, an Iranian national, with taking instructions to develop a plan to kill Trump.

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The threats have led to heightened security for Trump and several former members of his administration, though Iran has denied plotting to kill him.

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To date, 18 U.S. service members have been killed in the war and hundreds more have been wounded, the Pentagon has said.

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Multiple recent polls indicate a majority of Americans are opposed to the war.

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