An Iranian-trained terrorist allegedly plotted to assassinate Ivanka Trump in a revenge scheme that underscores how far the Islamic Republics proxies are willing to go to strike at American leaders and their families.
The case first surfaced when an Iraqi militia commander tied to Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the United States to face charges over a series of planned attacks, many of them aimed at Jewish targets. According to RedState, that commander has now been identified as 32-year-old Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, whose ambitions went well beyond conventional terror operations and extended to a personal vendetta against the presidents eldest daughter.
On Friday, The New York Post revealed that al-Saadi, trained by Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), allegedly set his sights on Ivanka Trump as part of a twisted plot to avenge the president taking out his mentor. First Daughter Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained terrorist in a twisted plot to avenge the president taking out his mentor, The Post has learned. The report paints a chilling picture of a fanatic determined to burn down the house of Trump in retaliation for the 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian military commander responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American service members.
Federal sources told the Post that the recently captured al-Saadi made a pledge to kill Ivanka and even had a blueprint of her Florida home. The Iraqi national was allegedly targeting President Donald Trumps family in response to the killing of Iranian military chief Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad six years ago. This was not idle talk or vague online bluster; it was, by all accounts, a concrete plan directed at a private citizen whose only crime in the eyes of Tehrans proxies is being the daughter of a president who finally treated Irans terror machine as the threat it is.
Entifadh Qanbar, a deputy military attach at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, told the Post that al-Saadi made his intentions unmistakably clear. After Qasem was killed, he [Al-Saadi] went around telling people we need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house, Qanbar said. That kind of rhetoric is not just deranged; it is emblematic of the ideological hatred that animates Irans network of militias and terror cells, which see American families as legitimate targets in their war against the West.
Investigators describe al-Saadi as far more than a lone extremist ranting on social media. Few outside of the FBI have heard of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, but they say hes behind a series of attacks including in the UK. But the complaint against him describes the 32-year-old as a key figure in Irans covert overseas terror operations. In other words, this is not some fringe actor but a cog in a broader Iranian apparatus that has been allowed to metastasize while Western elites obsess over climate conferences and DEI seminars.
What makes the episode even more disturbing is the level of preparation attributed to al-Saadi. Reports indicate that he possessed detailed blueprints of the Florida residence where Ivanka Trump lives with her husband, Jared Kushner, and their children. Social media posts amplified the alarm: Mohammad Al-Saadi, an Iraq national who was recently caught by federal law enforcement, pledged to take out Ivanka and had a BLUEPRINT of her house in Florida. The plot was part of revenge against Trump for the killing of Gen. Soleimani.
Al-Saadi did not confine his threats to private conversations. He allegedly posted a map of the Trump-Kushner home online and taunted American security services in a chilling message. I say to the Americans look at this picture and know that neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you. We are currently in the stage of surveillance and analysis. I told you, our revenge is a matter of time. That is not just a threat to one family; it is a declaration of intent against the United States itself.
A former deputy military attach reiterated to the New York Post the extent of the planning. We heard that he had a plan of Ivankas house in Florida. The fact that such a plot could progress to the stage of blueprints and surveillance should alarm anyone who still believes Irans terror network can be managed with appeasement, sanctions relief, or polite diplomacy in European hotel ballrooms.
For now, the immediate danger appears to have been neutralized. Thank God she's safe, and this terrorist is in custody! one reaction noted, capturing the relief many Americans feel that this particular scheme was disrupted before it could be carried out. Yet the sense of gratitude is tempered by the sobering realization that this is pretty scary stuff and is yet another reminder of the evil were facing from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The broader lesson is that this was not an isolated aberration but a glimpse into a long war that Tehran and its proxies are waging against the United States and its allies. As Ward Clark put it, We caught one. That's good. But there are more. This is the conflict, not of weeks, but of generations, and this goblin, this Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, is just one face of an enemy with a million faces. For a country serious about protecting its citizens and its leaders, that means abandoning wishful thinking about Iran, strengthening counterterror capabilities, and recognizing that the price of security in a dangerous world is eternal vigilance, not diplomatic fantasy.
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