US authorities allege Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi plotted to assassinate Ivanka Trump in revenge for the 2020 killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. Arrested in Turkey and extradited to the US, he is accused of ties to Iran-backed militias and multiple attacks. The report comes amid rising US-Iran tensions and discussions over possible US strikes on Iran.
First daughter of US President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, was allegedly targeted in an assassination plot by an Iraqi-operated, trained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a news report by the New York Post.
The suspect, identified as Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, allegedly sought revenge for the 2020 US drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump in his earlier term that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 About the IRGC-trained Iraqi national who was arrested for plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump.
He posted a surveillance map of her Florida home on X with a threat in Arabic: “Our revenge is a matter of time.”
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According to the news report, Al-Saadi possessed a blueprint of Ivanka Trump’s Florida residence and allegedly posted online threats warning Americans that “neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you.” Former Iraqi diplomat Entifadh Qanbar told the newspaper that Al-Saadi repeatedly spoke of killing Ivanka Trump “to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house.”
The Iraqi national was arrested in Turkey on May 15 before being extradited to the United States. Authorities accuse him of involvement in 18 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and North America, including alleged firebombings, shootings, stabbings, and attacks targeting Jewish sites and American diplomatic facilities.
The news report stated that Al-Saadi operated on behalf of the Iran-backed militia Kata’ib Hezbollah and maintained close ties with the IRGC. Researcher and former hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov reportedly said the suspect had close connections to Soleimani and later to his successor, Esmail Qaani.
The IRGC tried to kill Ivanka Trump and had a blueprint of her house. This is likely why President Trump isn’t attending Don Jr.’s wedding. pic.twitter.com/8K6XU3lNgT
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) May 23, 2026
Investigators also allege that Al-Saadi used an Iraqi service passport and a travel agency as cover to move between countries and coordinate with terror cells. Despite his alleged covert role, he frequently posted on social media, sharing selfies from European landmarks and images involving weapons systems.
Al-Saadi is currently being held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as US authorities continue their investigation, according to the New York Post.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday (local time) was preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, sources with direct knowledge of the planning told CBS News.
No final decision on strikes had been reached, the sources told CBS News.
Several members of the US military and intelligence community are said to have cancelled their plans for the Memorial Day weekend after the news of probable strikes.
As per CBS News, Trump had planned to spend Memorial Day weekend at his golf property in New Jersey but will now return to the White House, as per CBS News.
Trump on Friday (local time) said that he will be missing his son Donald Trump Jr’s wedding owing to ongoing twists and turns in the international community.
