Iran places £7m bounty on Barron Trump's head as sickening assassination video aired
Iranian state media has broadcast a sickening video on assassinating Barron Trump, with reports of a $10million (£7.3million) bounty placed on his head. The threat against the 20-year-old is the latest escalation against US President Donald Trump and his family. It was reportedly shared in media linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The three-minute video titled "Where to kill Barron Trump" claimed to show the movements of the president's youngest child, claiming he is "fully monitored". The video shows the dorms at New York University's Constance Milstein & Family Global Academic Center, according to a Euronews translation. It claims that Barron's accounts for Xbox, FIFA video games, and Discord, as well as those of his classmates, have been uncovered. "This is just the beginning! Barron Trump, wait for us!" the video concluded. In addition to the disturbing video, multiple reports indicated that the regime placed a $10 million bounty on Barron's head. A spokesperson for the US Secret Service reportedly told the New York Post: "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees." "Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence." The threat to Trump's son follows a separate video shared by IRGC-linked media from July targeting Trump's wife. The video "Where to Kill Melania?" claimed to know the US first lady's location. Iranian-backed media also pushed out a video titled "Where to Kill Trump?!" similarly claiming to present the routes that his presidential motorcade takes when traveling to and from his residences in Florida and New York. The threat to Barron comes on the heels of Trump's latest threat to the country. Trump last week announced what he has called "the most crushing economic operation ever taken" against the Middle Eastern country. The US and Iran have been in conflict since February 28, when joint US-Israeli forces carried out strikes on several key Iranian sites. Iran retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz waterway and striking US allies in the Middle East. Despite several attempts to brokerage a lasting peace deal, the US and Iran have failed to come to an agreement on ending the conflict, opening the waterway and Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities.