The U.S. Secret Service has launched an investigation after Iranian state television broadcast an inflammatory video threatening the life of President Donald Trump’s 20-year-old son, Barron Trump, and offering a purported $10 million bounty for his assassination.
The three-minute segment, aired over the weekend on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Channel 3, was titled “Where and how should we kill Barron Trump?”
Using computer-generated animation and maps, the clip claimed that the younger Trump was being “fully monitored,” showing images of his New York University campus dormitories, escort vehicles, and the supposed positioning of his security detail.
The broadcast also alleged that Iranian operatives tracked his private online gaming accounts on Xbox and Discord, while claiming an unnamed woman bypassed protective security protocols to meet him in person and gather intelligence.
Federal law enforcement authorities quickly acknowledged the broadcast and confirmed an active security review.
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” Secret Service spokesman Nate Herring said in a statement. “Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence.”
Intelligence and security analysts note that the broadcast is part of an expanding propaganda drive targeting the president’s immediate family.
In July, media linked to the Revolutionary Guards released a similar video titled “Where to Kill Melania?”, which claimed to track First Lady Melania Trump’s shopping routes in New York and ended with the warning: “This is just the beginning; Barron Trump, wait for us!”
State-backed outlets in Tehran have also displayed public billboards and released videos mapping President Trump’s motorcade routes between his residences in Florida and New York.
Tensions and retaliatory rhetoric between Washington and Tehran have reached historic highs following the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on February 28, which marked the outbreak of the ongoing armed conflict.
Iranian state media commentators have increasingly framed threats against the Trump family around the principle of retributive justice. Tehran’s hostility toward Trump dates back to his first administration, when he ordered the January 2020 drone strike in Baghdad that killed Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
The emergence of the video also coincides with the Trump administration launching a sweeping sanctions offensive—termed an “Economic D-Day”—aimed at severing remaining international financial lifelines to Iran’s aviation, shipping, digital asset, and gold sectors.
Federal officials have not verified any of the surveillance claims made in the Iranian broadcast, but protective details around the Trump family remain on high alert.
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