**IRGC-linked outlet publishes video targeting Melania Trump, threatens Barron**
An Iranian outlet tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a propaganda video that appears to encourage attacks on First Lady Melania Trump and ends with a direct warning to the couple’s 20-year-old son, Barron.
The roughly two-minute clip, circulated by Tasnim News Agency under titles including “Where to Kill Melania?!” and “How to Kill Melania Trump,” uses images of the first lady in a motorcade and at sites in New York City. It names luxury stores she is known to visit, including Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, and overlays target-style graphics on store signs as a limousine passes. The narrator calls those shopping trips “suitable for operations by global freedom fighters.”
The video claims its material came from “anonymous security networks” and satellite imagery. Reviewers have said much of it appears drawn from public sources and AI-generated footage. It frames the first lady’s interest in fashion as a vulnerability, names three stylists associated with her wardrobe, and discusses contaminating clothing with a nerve agent as well as offering large payments to people with access to her purchases. It closes with the line: “This is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us.”
The Secret Service said it is aware of the video and investigates any perceived threat to its protectees. A spokesperson declined to discuss operational details. Melania Trump and Barron both have full-time Secret Service protection. Trump Tower, the White House, Bedminster, and Mar-a-Lago remain under heavy security. The East Wing did not immediately comment.
The release is part of a broader campaign. Last week, billboards in Tehran called for the deaths of President Donald Trump and his relatives, including Melania and all five of his children. One display read “Blood for blood.” Another showed mocked-up images of Melania, Barron, and Ivanka with their eyes closed and the word “KILLED,” plus the message “Hey, terrorist! Get ready to die.”
Melania has kept a lower public profile this month and skipped Friday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, citing a scheduling conflict. The president remains Tehran’s primary target. After Iranian threats around a NATO trip to Turkey, he changed aircraft for the return flight. “I’ve been on their list for a long time,” he told reporters. “The only thing is, I’ve left instructions—if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before.”
The video and billboards follow a U.S.-Israel campaign that killed Iran’s supreme leader and other senior figures earlier this year. Officials describe the material as intimidation and propaganda rather than a verified operational plot, while treating the threats as serious enough to investigate.
