Iranian state media has claimed there is a $10m (€8.5m) bounty on Barron Trump, US president Donald Trump’s 20-year-old son, according to a new report, almost six months into the US war with Iran.
Footage broadcast on Channel 3, which is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was titled “Where and how should we kill Barron Trump?” Euronews reported Monday.
It reportedly displayed the location of his university, as well as Secret Service positions and escort vehicles, while claiming his whereabouts were “fully monitored”.
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. It also claimed he uses Xbox to communicate privately.
Euronews reported that it did not independently verify the claims.
Barron Trump, the president’s youngest son and his only child with first lady Melania Trump, is a college student.
Compared to the president’s other sons Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, he has kept a relatively low public profile. 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.
This is not the first time he has been targeted by Iran. Last month, an Iran-linked video threatened both Barron Trump and his mother.
The clip, titled “Where to kill Melania” shows a mock-up of the first lady’s motorcade and calls on “freedom fighters” to take action against her. It concludes with: “Barron Trump, wait for us!”
“The Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” an agency spokesperson told Newsweek.
The president also has faced repeated threats from Iran over the years, with US officials warning that Tehran and its proxies could seek retaliation for his 2020 order to kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
The threats have led to heightened security for Mr Trump and several former members of his administration, though Iran has denied plotting to kill him.
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 Mr Trump being a target.
And in 2024, federal authorities charged Farhad Shakeri, an Iranian national, with taking instructions to develop a plan to kill Mr Trump.
Following the outbreak of the US-Iran war, threats have intensified. At a Nato summit last month, Mr Trump reportedly ditched Air Force One and departed Turkey on a military plane amid concerns about threats from Iran.
The 80-year-old president has said he has “left instructions” if he is killed by Iran “to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before”.
The latest threat against Barron Trump comes as the US war with Iran shows no signs of abating.