{"id":2465,"date":"2026-07-30T16:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:46:28","slug":"iran-releases-chilling-video-telling-militants-where-to-assassinate-melania-trump-and-a-direct-threat-to-barron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=2465","title":{"rendered":"Iran releases chilling video telling militants where to assassinate Melania Trump and a direct threat to Barron"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/29085142\/melaniabar-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/29085142\/melaniabar-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/29085142\/melaniabar-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/29085142\/melaniabar-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/29085142\/melaniabar.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Melania Trump Barron Trump\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iranian state media releases chilling video telling \u2018freedom fighters\u2019 where and how to assassinate Melania Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-831879543\" class=\"newsner-after_first_paragraph\">\n<div id=\"intext_197377_1_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian state media\u00a0has published\u00a0a disturbing video that instructs militants on where and how to assassinate Melania Trump, including specific locations she is known to visit in New York and suggestions for how to bypass her security detail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clip was released by the Tasnim News Agency, a publication associated with Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It opens with a graphic depicting the First Lady\u2019s profile drawn in blood alongside the words:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere to kill Melania?!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-cee3e6c8d09950be204ecc717fa35eaa\" class=\"newsner-cee3e6c8d09950be204ecc717fa35eaa newsner-incide_content_once\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-video-is-subtitled-in-english\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The video is subtitled in English<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video includes English subtitles and claims the Secret Service\u2019s codename for Melania is \u201cMuse.\u201d It then identifies what it calls her biggest vulnerability, her love of fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMelania\u2019s obsession with fashion has become her biggest weakness,\u201d the video states, identifying luxury department stores on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan including Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue as locations that \u201ccould be suitable for operations by global freedom fighters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clip goes on to explain how militants could identify signs that Melania is planning to visit these locations in advance, including public bins being removed from street corners and manhole covers being welded shut, so they can \u201cbe prepared for the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also suggests paying store staff to poison her clothing with a nerve agent, and claims that offering stylists \u201clarge sums of money\u201d could tempt them into assisting an assassination plot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1202732235\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"intext_197377_2_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-65a013a2ea61e728cabcb959ebeae3b8\" class=\"newsner-65a013a2ea61e728cabcb959ebeae3b8 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video ends with a direct threat to the First Lady\u2019s son:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tasnim claimed the information was compiled from anonymous security networks and satellite images, though it appears to be drawn entirely from publicly available sources.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-wider-context-of-the-video\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The wider context<\/strong>\u00a0of the video<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video is the latest in a series of escalating threats from Iran directed at the Trump family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days after the statewide funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli drone strike earlier this year, a billboard showing Trump lying in a coffin was installed in Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US and Iran have been in active military conflict since February, when Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a joint missile attack on Iran that escalated into a broader Middle East war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit \/ Getty Iranian state media releases chilling video telling \u2018freedom fighters\u2019 where and how to assassinate Melania Trump. 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