Iran-Linked Outlet Tasnim Publishes Video Calling for Melania Trump's Assassination, Secret Service Confirms Review

A Direct Threat, Published Openly

Tasnim News Agency, a media outlet affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, posted a video to its Telegram channel this week titled "Where to Kill Melania?!" according to The Epoch Times. The video lays out claimed details about the first lady's security detail and suggests vulnerabilities in her movements and public appearances.

The video closes with a direct line aimed at President Trump's youngest son: "Barron Trump, wait for us." The Epoch Times reviewed the footage but declined to reproduce it or detail its instructions. Newsweek and the Irish Star took the same approach, describing the content without republishing it.

The Irish Star reported additional specifics from the clip, including a Farsi voiceover discussing what it called Melania Trump's "weaknesses." It pointed to her interest in fashion as a possible avenue for bribery and described a poisoning scenario involving people with venue access. The outlet also noted the video claims its material came from "extracting information from several anonymous security networks and satellite images," while observing that much of what's actually shown appears to be publicly available information about motorcade routes and security codenames, not classified intelligence.

Secret Service Response

The U.S. Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the video. Nate Herring, a lead public affairs specialist with the agency's Communications and Media Relations office, gave the same statement to multiple outlets, including The Epoch Times and Newsweek: "The 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."

That statement confirms the agency is reviewing the material. It does not confirm the agency has identified a specific or credible threat, and Herring did not say what, if any, additional protective measures have been taken. Melania Trump and Barron Trump both receive full-time Secret Service protection as members of the first family.

Part of a Longer Pattern

This is not an isolated incident. The Epoch Times noted that billboards calling for President Trump's death have appeared in Tehran in recent weeks, and mourners at the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei carried banners with the same message. The Irish Star separately reported that Barron Trump's image had appeared on an Iranian billboard amid the broader escalation.

Newsweek's coverage placed this video in the context of remarks Trump himself has made about being an assassination target. He told the New York Post that he'd "left instructions — if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before," referring to a potential Iranian attempt on his life. After a NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said he was "on every single one of their lists" and claimed Tehran wanted to "take out the U.S. leader—me." Newsweek also reported that the New York Times found Trump had switched away from a newer Air Force One aircraft over related security concerns.

What's Actually New Here

Until this video, the public rhetoric out of Iran-linked channels had centered almost entirely on President Trump. This marks a real expansion, naming the first lady specifically and providing what the video claims is operational detail about her routine.

The Irish Star's own reporting undercuts some of the video's claimed sophistication. Much of what's shown, including Secret Service codenames and general motorcade procedures, is described as "primarily publicly accessible" rather than the result of genuine intelligence penetration. A propaganda video designed to look alarming is not the same as evidence of an operational plot with inside access, and no source here claims the Secret Service has verified any of Tasnim's specific claims about surveillance or planning.

Unresolved Questions

The Secret Service has not said whether this video has changed protective posture around the first lady or her son, and it likely won't say so publicly given the agency's stated policy of not discussing protective intelligence. No arrests, charges, or named individuals tied to producing the video have been reported by any of these outlets. Newsweek noted it had reached out to the White House and the Office of the First Lady for comment; no response had been reported as of publication.

Whether Tehran-linked media continues to escalate this kind of content, and whether U.S. officials respond with any public statement beyond the Secret Service's boilerplate threat-assessment language, remains to be seen.