As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, a chilling alleged plot targeting US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump has surfaced in Washington. According to reports, an Iraqi national linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was allegedly planning to assassinate Ivanka Trump in retaliation for the 2020 killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
The accused, identified as 32-year-old Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, was recently extradited to the United States after being arrested in Turkey on May 15. Investigators believe Al-Saadi viewed Soleimani as a mentor and sought revenge for his death in a US drone strike ordered during the presidency of Donald Trump.
Soleimani, who headed the IRGC’s elite Quds Force, was killed near Baghdad airport in January 2020 in a strike that sharply increased tensions between Washington and Tehran. According to reports, Al-Saadi had allegedly vowed to target Ivanka Trump as a symbolic attack against the Trump family.
Blueprint of Florida residence recovered
The alleged threat reportedly became more serious after authorities recovered what was described as a blueprint of Ivanka Trump’s Florida residence during Al-Saadi’s arrest. Investigators are also examining old social media posts allegedly linked to him. In one post from 2021, he reportedly shared a map showing the area where Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner own a luxury home in Florida.
The post allegedly included threatening language warning that American security agencies would not be able to protect the Trump family.
‘Burn down the house of Trump’
Former Iraqi Embassy military official Entifadh Qanbar told The New York Post that Al-Saadi frequently spoke about taking revenge after Soleimani’s death. According to Qanbar, the suspect allegedly told associates that targeting Ivanka Trump would be a way to “burn down the house of Trump” in retaliation for what he believed the United States had done to Iran.
The case has once again highlighted ongoing security concerns surrounding high-profile American political figures, especially amid renewed instability in the Middle East and increasing threats linked to extremist and militant networks.
