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Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report

Iranian state-affiliated media published a report targeting Barron Trump, the 20-year-old son of U.S. President Donald Trump, featuring AI-generated clips of him playing Xbox and claiming a $10 million (£7.3 million) bounty on his head. The report, aired on outlets linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and state-run TV Channel 3, follows a previous propaganda video threatening Melania Trump. Iran's national security council head Mohsen Rezai said the country would extend strikes to U.S. companies in retaliation for threatened economic sanctions.

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Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report
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Iranian TV has targeted another member of Donald Trump’s close family with a report suggesting how they might be assassinated.

Last month, a propaganda clip titled ‘How to Kill Melania Trump’ appeared to provide tips about the US First Lady’s whereabouts and designer stores she frequently visits.

That video ended with an apparent threat towards the President’s youngest son, saying: ‘This is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us.’

And now, a similar report has emerged focusing on the 20-year-old and how he spends his time.

The video includes AI-generated clips of Barron Trump wearing an Arsenal shirt and playing his Xbox, and suggestions for where he might meet people in New York’s Trump Tower.

He has a ‘digital sanctuary of his own’ with his communications limited to chats on the gaming console, the report claims, according to a translation from Euronews Persian.

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Breaking News The ‘leaked data’ originated with a ‘girl’ who sat down to speak with Barron Trump after bypassing ‘the most stringent US Secret Service protocols’ and passing on the information to the authors of the report, it adds.

It also features the younger Trump’s close personal friend, 19-year-old Maga influencer Bo Loudon.

According to the report, a bounty of $10 million (£7.3 million) has been placed on the head of the President’s son.

Euronews reported that the video was published in media outlets affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran’s state-run TV Channel 3.

On Saturday, the head of Iran’s national security council Mohsen Rezai said the country was preparing to extend its strikes to US companies.

The move would be in retaliation for an ‘economic D-Day’ threatened by President Trump, which he said would force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war.

Rezai told state media: ‘So far, we have only targeted military bases, but if they want to impose economic sanctions on us, the US has oil and economic companies around Iran and elsewhere, and we will strike them.’

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