{"slug": "iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward", "title": "Iranian state TV 'airs 'threat against Barron Trump' and $10million reward'", "summary": "Iranian state TV aired a three-minute segment detailing threats against Barron Trump, Donald Trump's 20-year-old son, including AI-generated clips and a reference to a $10 million reward, according to Iran International. The video, which shows attempts to surveil Barron at NYU and map his social media, is one of the most explicit threats made against the Trump family, though no evidence of an actual attempt has been found.", "body_md": "# Iranian state TV 'airs 'threat against Barron Trump' and $10million reward'\n\n**See more Daily Mail on Google -**[save us as a Preferred Source](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=dailymail.com)\n\nIranian state TV has been accused of broadcasting a segment that detailed threats to Barron Trump, [Donald Trump](/news/donald_trump/index.html)'s youngest son.\n\nThe three-minute clip focuses on Barron, 20, and menacingly shows attempts to identify ways of reaching him in the US, using highly-stylised graphics that show the NYU student being surveilled, according to [Iran](/news/iran/index.html) International.\n\nThe report claims to have tracked down Barron to several notable locations, as well as many of his social media profiles, and shows attempts to map his friends and penetrate Secret Service protection.\n\nMuch of the video appears to be AI-generated and includes clips of Barron wearing an Arsenal shirt and playing his Xbox.\n\nOne [AI](/sciencetech/ai/index.html) clip appeared to show a masked and hooded hacker sat in front of a computer, searching for details about the president's youngest son.\n\nThe video also referenced a $10million reward, though it was not clear who is supposed to have offered the sum of money.\n\nIran International reported that there is no evidence that any attempt on Barron's life has been made.\n\nWhile Iran has created and released similar videos about Trump and his current wife, Melania, the latest clip is one of the most explicit threats made against the Trump family and their associates.\n\nThe three-minute clip focuses on Barron, 20, and menacingly shows attempts to identify ways of reaching him in the US\n\nIn 2024, the US offered a $20million reward for information leading to the arrest of an Iranian man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton.\n\nShahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), was accused of trying to hire US-based criminals to kill Mr Bolton – who has long criticised Iran – in exchange for $300,000.\n\nOfficials said that Mr Poursafi tried to hire 'criminal elements within the United States' between October 2021 and April 2022 to kill Mr Bolton in either Washington DC or Maryland.\n\nAnd in March of this year, an IRGC-trained operative was convicted of trying to commit an act of terror.\n\nAsif Merchant admitted at a trial that the IRGC sent him to the US to arrange to carry out political assassinations and steal documents, but law enforcement foiled the plot before any attack could be carried out.\n\nFormer Attorney General Pam Bondi said at the time: 'This man landed on American soil hoping to kill President Trump. Instead, he was met with the might of American law enforcement.\n\n'The Department of Justice will remain ever-vigilant to protect Americans, prosecute terrorists, and halt acts of terrorism before they happen.'\n\nOvernight, [Iran dismissed Trump's threats of economic warfare as 'empty talk'](/news/article-16073625/Iran-rips-Trumps-talk-issuing-blistering-ultimatum.html) while warning neighbouring countries not to help Washington squeeze Tehran.\n\nIran's powerful security chief Mohsen Rezaei threatened retaliation against any nearby nation that joins the US crackdown and warned Tehran could stop oil from flowing through the Persian Gulf.\n\nA woman walks next to an anti-Trump billboard in Tehran, Iran, on August 19 2026\n\nBirds perch near an anti-US billboard featuring US President Donald Trump in southern Tehran, Iran, on August 24 2026\n\n'If countries neighbouring Iran cooperate with the Americans in the economic war, we will target their interests,' Mr Rezaei declared.\n\n'The world has realised that Trump's bluster is nothing but empty talk,' Mr Rezaei said in an interview with Iranian state media on Saturday.\n\nHe then turned his fire on countries surrounding Iran, warning that Tehran could dramatically widen its economic confrontation if they side with Washington.\n\nIran does not want to expand the war across the Middle East, Mr Rezaei insisted, but he delivered a threat to his neighbours.\n\n'If they start such an action, we will not allow a single drop of oil to pass through the Persian Gulf,' Rezaei added.\n\nThe warning potentially puts major Gulf energy producers on notice as Trump prepares to ratchet up his campaign of economic pressure against Tehran.\n\nSaudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have spent years developing and expanding alternative export routes that reduce their reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, allowing oil to reach ports on the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.\n\nBut Mr Rezaei indicated those routes may not necessarily be beyond Tehran's reach either, threatening alternative pathways used to move Gulf oil to international markets.\n\nHis comments amount to one of the clearest warnings yet that Iran's hardline security establishment could increasingly regard co-operation with Washington's economic campaign as participation in the wider conflict.\n\nMr Rezaei also insisted that Iran would 'neutralize the economic war' being waged by the US, with the Trump administration expected to unveil details of tougher sanctions on Monday.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward", "canonical_source": "https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16075227/Barron-Trump-Iran-threat-reward-US.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490", "published_at": "2026-08-24 12:07:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24 12:44:06.041843+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Iranian state TV", "Barron Trump", "Donald Trump", "Iran International", "NYU", "Secret Service", "Shahram Poursafi", "John Bolton"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iranian-state-tv-airs-threat-against-barron-trump-and-10million-reward.jsonld"}}