Ivanka Trump targeted in Iranian assassination plot: Report

Published May 23, 2026 9:43am ET



Ivanka Trump, the 44-year-old daughter of President Donald Trump, was allegedly targeted in an Iranian assassination plot by a man who was associated with former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qasem Soleimani.

In January 2020, the Iranian military chief was killed in a U.S. drone strike authorized by Trump during his first term. Since then, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi pledged to kill his first daughter, according to the New York Post. The report was based on sources who confirmed the assassination plot.

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