The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son. 米国シークレットサービスのNate Herring広報官は声明の中で、同庁は当該動画を認識しており、警護対象者に対する脅威と見なされるあらゆる事案を調査していると述べ、また運用上の安全を考慮し、警護に関する情報の詳細については回答を差し控えると説明した。
U.S. Secret Service Investigating Iranian Video Threatening Barron Trump
IRIB Broadcast Concerning Barron Trump
Details of the Iranian Broadcast
The video was released over the weekend by the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, whose head is directly appointed by Iran’s supreme leader. The clip, titled Where to kill Barron Trump,
is approximately three minutes long. It includes images of dormitories at New York University, where the 20-year-old Barron Trump attends school, and purports to show locations where he is known to spend time, including Trump Tower in New York. The video further details the youngest Trump’s relationships, activities, and the movements of his security detail.
The broadcast claims that Barron Trump is fully monitored
and alleges that a $10 million bounty has been offered for his killing, suggesting that individuals are 1000万ドルの報奨金を受け取る日を待ちわびていると主張した。The video concludes with the statement, 実行はまだ始まったばかりであり、Barron Trumpに覚悟しておくよう警告する内容であった。
Assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Context of Rising Tensions
The threat emerges during a nearly six-month-old war started by the U.S. and Israel in February. Since the U.S. assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which occurred at the start of the war, Iranian media have on multiple occasions circulated content threatening the president and his family members. During the dayslong funeral events for Khamenei in July, regime loyalists carried signs and banners that read, We will kill Trump.
President Trump has described himself as イランの暗殺リストで筆頭に挙げられていると述べ、自身や家族が攻撃を受けた場合には厳しい報復を行うと警告している。Reuters reported earlier this month that the U.S. had received several warnings from Israel over the past year regarding Iran’s intentions to assassinate Trump, including warnings issued prior to a secret plane ruse in Turkey.
Tasnim News Agency Propaganda
Pattern of Targeted Propaganda
This incident follows a similar video released last month by the Tasnim News Agency, an Iranian outlet with close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which appeared to encourage the assassination of First Lady Melania Trump. Titled Where to Kill Melania?!,
that video utilized publicly available information, AI-generated imagery, and English subtitles to identify locations the first lady is known to visit in New York City, suggesting violent methods of attack. The graphics pointed to designer stores, claiming they were 世界の自由戦士による作戦行動に適していると主張した。
While concerns regarding Iranian plots against U.S. officials have existed for decades, public threats have escalated against Donald Trump and his family. Barron Trump has maintained the lowest profile of the president’s children, though he has appeared at high-profile events, such as the Jan. 20, 2025, Presidential Inauguration parade at Capital One Arena and UFC fights at the White House earlier this summer.
CNN previously reported that the Secret Service had prior knowledge of the threat against Barron Trump. The White House did not respond to requests for comment regarding the most recent broadcast.