By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-27 21:19:34 | Updated at 2026-07-27 22:32:13
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First Lady Melania Trump and First Son Barron Trump are the subjects of a new horrifying assassination threat from Iran.
The Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published an AI-generated video on Monday highlighting the locations the First Lady likes to shop at and how would-be assassins could target her.
'Melania's obsession with fashion has become her biggest weakness,' a narrator says in the harrowing video, according to its closed captioning.
'Melania has a special interest in the luxury department stores on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan,' the video continues.
It specifically names Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue as Melania's favorite shopping hot spots.
'These places could be suitable for operations by global freedom fighters,' the video continues.
It then gives viewers tips about 'the advanced signs indicating Melania will visit these centers,' such as public trash bins missing from street corners and welded-shut manholes on the route the First Lady takes to go shopping.
It also floats multiple potential plots for would-be assassins to execute, including one to poison the First Lady and another to bribe her staffers for information on her.
First Lady Melania Trump (right) and Barron Trump (center) are the targets of a new assassination threat eminating from Iran
A threatening video published by The Tasnim News Agency, which has links to the Iranian military, shows how and where to potentially target First Lady Melania Trump. It notes Melania's favorite shops in New York and how to potentially poison the clothes there
Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue were two locations specifically mentioned in the regime-linked video as spots Melania likes to frequent
The video also notes how Melania has her own Secret Service detail, which coordinates with hospitals in the areas she visits to ensure that she could have proper care should anything happen.
'The Secret Service also uses the unique identifier 'Muse' for her instead of the traditional codename 'Mockingbird,'' the video states.
'Knowing the staff at these hospitals or being employed by them can provide you information about Melania's presence,' the video chillingly claims.
The AI-generated video also lists the exact location and addresses of other luxury shops Melania allegedly frequents in Manhattan, including Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Michael Kors and more.
It specifically notes how any would-be assailant could 'poison the clothes' in these shops to target the First Lady.
'To contaminate clothes, you can use the nerve agent VX,' the narrator continues.
The agent can kill those who come in contact with it within two to 18 hours, the video points out.
It also names three stylists on Melania's team by name.
The threatening video also notes how staffers at local hospitals near the First Lady could have inside information about the First Lady's whereabouts
The video begins with a ghoulish slide labeled: 'Where to Kill Melania?!'
'Offering large sums of money could tempt these individuals,' the video states.
'This is just the beginning,' the video concludes, adding 'Barron Trump, wait for us!'
The White House and the First Lady's Office were contacted for comment.
Billboards featuring threats against the First Family have also been spotted around Tehran in recent days.
One shows images of Melania, Barron and Ivanka Trump with their eyes edited shut and the word 'KILLED' labeled over them.
Iran has pursued multiple failed attempts to assassinate Trump, including an effort by an IRGC asset who admitted to a murder-for-hire plot that was later charged by the Justice Department.
These threats have factored into the President's decision-making about whether he should escalate or dial back hostilities with Iran.
Trump has noted how leaders in Tehran want him dead, and that he has authorized devastating retaliation strikes should they ever be successful.
