Iran’s state media has aired footage claiming it tracked and targeted President Trump’s son, Barron, and alleges a $10 million bounty on him, a development that adds to escalating threats from Tehran.

The report says Iranian state-run outlets broadcast video asserting that Barron Trump’s movements, university and security details were monitored and that a bounty was in place. The claim was presented on state television and by IRGC-affiliated media, and it raises fresh alarms about direct threats aimed at the president’s family.

State reporting described the footage as showing escort vehicles, Secret Service positions and university locations, and claimed the young man’s movements were “fully monitored.” Officials have not verified those specific details, but the images and commentary were explicit and aimed at drawing attention to perceived vulnerabilities.

Tehran state-run media has broadcast footage purportedly tracking US President Donald Trump’s youngest son, showing the location of his university, escort vehicles and Secret Service posts, and alleging his movements were “fully monitored”.

Iranian state television has broadcast a video purporting to track the movements of Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s 20-year-old son, and claiming a $10 million (€8.5m) bounty has been placed on him.

The footage, released by IRGC-affiliated media and broadcast on Channel 3 of Iranian state television, is titled “Where and how should we kill Barron Trump?”

It claims to show the location of his university, his escort vehicles and the positioning of his Secret Service detail, alleging his movements have been “fully monitored”. The claim about the bounty could not be independently verified at the time of publication.

The video further alleges that “a girl” had found a way past the Secret Service’s protection, sat with Barron Trump in a private meeting and passed information to the programme’s makers.

It claims Barron Trump communicates privately via voice and text on Xbox, away from his security detail. Euronews could not independently verify any of these claims.

The broadcast follows a similar video released by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency in July, titled “Where and how is Melania Trump accessible?”, which detailed her movements in New York and alleged vulnerabilities in her security. In late May, the New York Post reported on an alleged plot targeting Ivanka Trump.

These broadcasts come on top of years of threats reportedly directed against President Trump, tracing back to the 2020 killing of IRGC General Qassem Soleimani. The situation intensified, according to reporting, after U.S. airstrikes later targeted and killed key regime figures, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have at times warned about plots and threats, and some reports say allies shared warnings with Washington that suggested assassination plots against the president. Those warnings prompted heightened security measures and close monitoring of possible Iranian operations aimed at U.S. leaders.

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President Trump has publicly said he is on Iran’s lists of targets, telling reporters, “They want to take out the US leader — me,” and stressing that he and his team treat those threats seriously. He used blunt language to describe the danger and framed it as a cancer that must be removed before it spreads.

Officials responded to perceived risks with extraordinary precautions. One widely reported example described a secret transfer of the president during a NATO summit, when he was moved off Air Force One in a catering vehicle after intelligence suggested a risk to the aircraft. That move underscored how real some officials judged the danger to be.

U.S. intelligence has sometimes been unable to independently verify every allegation that surfaces in open reporting or in state-produced videos, but the pattern of aggressive Iranian rhetoric and media operations is clear. Tehran has used state outlets and IRGC-linked outlets to publicize threats and to attempt to intimidate political figures and their families.

For U.S. security planners, such publicized threats complicate protection details and force reassessments of routine patterns and vulnerabilities. When an adversary begins broadcasting alleged routes, routines or compromises, it demands new layers of operational security and countermeasures to guard against any real-world follow-through.

Americans watching these developments will read the footage and associated claims through a political and security lens, weighing what is propaganda and what poses real danger. Regardless of motivations behind the broadcasts, the result is additional strain on agencies tasked with protecting national leaders and their families.

The situation remains fluid and contentious, with competing intelligence assessments and ongoing diplomatic fallout. As state media continues to broadcast inflammatory material, officials and the public must balance vigilance with careful verification before drawing firm conclusions about the immediacy of any plot.