Iran TV Airs $10M Bounty on Barron Trump

Iran TV Airs $10M Bounty on Barron Trump

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Iranian state television has aired a video threatening President Donald Trump's 20-year-old son, Barron Trump, and referencing a $10 million reward tied to reaching him.

The roughly three-minute segment ran on Iranian state-affiliated Channel 3, Iran International reported Monday.

It portrays surveillance of Barron Trump's movements, his online accounts and the people around him, and depicts attempts to penetrate layers of Secret Service protection.

Newsmax reported the material came from Iranian media linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

What the video shows

According to the Jerusalem Post, the video displayed locations Barron Trump had been at specific points in the past, including Trump Tower and his school campus.

At each location it highlighted elements of his security detail, including a claim that Secret Service agents disguised themselves as students to blend in on campus.

The video also claimed to have identified his Xbox, Discord and FIFA video game accounts, along with those of classmates. Two were named: Liam Carter, which the Jerusalem Post reported appeared to be a fake profile, and Bo Louden, a conservative media influencer and known friend of Barron Trump.

"Millions of FIFA players against Trump are waiting to receive a ten-million-dollar prize from us," the video concluded, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Toward the end of the segment, the narrator asserts that "many would be willing" to take the $10 million reward, Iran International reported.

What is not confirmed

Iran International said it could not independently verify the operational claims in the broadcast, which leans heavily on dramatized graphics and offers no evidence that any attempt to reach Barron Trump has succeeded.

The Jerusalem Post said it could not locate the original video on Channel 3's platforms. The clip was circulated on X by Niyak Ghorbani, a London-based anti-regime journalist.

Timeline

2020:

A US strike kills Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. US prosecutors have since accused members or associates of Iran's Revolutionary Guards of plotting to kill former senior American officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton, in retaliation.

2024:

US prosecutors say Tehran tasked an operative with developing a plan to kill Trump.

February 28, 2026:

The war begins, with US-Israeli strikes killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian military and political figures. Hundreds of thousands at Khamenei's funeral chant against the United States and Israel, and some hardliners openly call for Trump's assassination.

July 2026:

A similarly styled Iranian video threatens First Lady Melania Trump.

August 23-24, 2026:

The Barron Trump segment airs and spreads online; Iran International reports on it Monday.

Reactions

Iran International called the broadcast significant in itself, noting that airing such material on state television marks a potentially significant escalation — shifting the target from Trump and US officials involved in Iran policy to the president's family.

The video was styled like last month's segment on Melania Trump, which called on "freedom fighters" to target shops she frequents and claimed to draw on "information from several anonymous security networks." That video said the first lady's weakness is "her love for fashion" and ended: "This is just the beginning! Barron Trump, wait for us!"

What's Next

The immediate question is how the Secret Service and the Justice Department respond to a televised threat that names a protectee and displays his routine locations.

Threats against Trump and other current and former US officials have featured for years in Iranian political rhetoric, state-linked media and rallies, alongside alleged assassination plots US authorities have attributed to Tehran — and prosecutors have brought charges in past cases.

Iran International reported that such rhetoric has intensified dramatically since the war began in February.

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