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Iran Places $10 Million Bounty on Barron Trump, IRGC Outlet Reports

The bounty, reported by a Revolutionary Guards-affiliated news agency, marks a further escalation in publicly stated Iranian threats against members of the U.S. presidential family during an...

Gab-E Intelligence Platform · August 23, 2026

Iran has placed a $10 million bounty on Barron Trump, son of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to reporting by Al Bawaba citing Tasnim News Agency, a news outlet affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The report states that Tehran has set multiple bounties on senior American officials since the start of armed conflict between the United States and Iran. The specific date the bounty was announced is not confirmed in the available source material.

Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC-affiliated outlet cited in the Al Bawaba report, previously drew international attention after publishing a clip described as guidance on how to carry out an assassination of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, according to the same Al Bawaba report dated August 23, 2026. The nature and current availability of that clip were not further detailed in the source material.

The Iranian government has not issued a public denial or confirmation of the bounty through official state channels as of the time of publication. Whether the bounty represents an official state policy or the position of a faction within the IRGC is not established by the available source material. A formal statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry or the office of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would clarify the official standing of the announcement.

The United States has not issued a public response to the specific Barron Trump bounty as of August 23, 2026, according to available reporting. The U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for the protection of the president and immediate family members, does not publicly comment on specific threat assessments or protective measures, per standard agency policy.

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