The U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday it is aware of a video aired by Iranian state media that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President 
Donald Trump's youngest son. The roughly three-minute broadcast discussed a possible assassination of the 20-year-old and asserted that someone had offered $10 million for his life.
What does the video say? It openly singles out the president's son and professes full control over his whereabouts, Liberty Times reported, putting the bounty at about NT$320 million. In ABC News reporting cited by The Hill, the clips appear to show Iran's leaders tracking his movements and offering a $10 million reward to anyone who can provide insight into his location.
What has the Secret Service said? The agency's knowledge of the threat had already been the subject of a CNN report, PBS NewsHour reported. "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees," spokesman Nate Herring said in a statement. "Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence."
What is the backdrop? Iranian media have circulated content threatening the president and members of his family on multiple occasions since the U.S. assassination of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, PBS NewsHour reported. The killing came at the start of the war in Iran that Trump launched alongside Israel. That war, begun by the United States and Israel at the end of February, is still under way, and Washington and Tehran continue to trade barbs, CNA reported. Trump has described himself as the top target on Iran's assassination list, and officials said the United States had received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate him. The video aired as the United States rolled out its harshest-ever sanctions, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meanwhile publicly accused Iran of having tried to murder his own son, Liberty Times reported.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump. — JudgeMarket.
