A federal terrorism case out of the Southern District of New York has revealed one of the most chilling assassination plots against a member of the President Trump’s family ever made public. According to sources cited by the New York Post, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an alleged commander linked to both Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi militia Kata’ib Hizballah, personally targeted President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, for assassination. The motive, per reporting: revenge for President Trump’s January 2020 drone strike that killed IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. The federal complaint, filed by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and available through the Justice Department, charges Al-Saadi with terrorism-related offenses tied to plots against targets on U.S. soil. Sources familiar with the investigation told the Post that Al-Saadi viewed Ivanka as a high-value target and sought to “burn down the house of Trump” in retaliation for the Soleimani operation. Al-Saadi is described in reporting as a senior figure within the Iran-backed militia network that has long threatened American personnel and interests across the Middle East. Kata’ib Hizballah has been designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department since 2009 and is responsible for hundreds of attacks on American troops in Iraq. The Soleimani strike remains one of the most consequential national security decisions of President Trump’s first term. Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s proxy war apparatus across the region, and his killing was celebrated by many in the national security community but drew immediate vows of revenge from Tehran and its allied militias. Those threats, it now appears, extended directly to the President’s own family. As Breitbart reported, the plot underscores the persistent and personal nature of Iranian-backed terrorism threats against American leaders and their families. The case is a stark reminder that the Iranian regime and its proxies have never stopped plotting violence against Americans, including those closest to the President. It also raises serious questions about how many similar threats have been intercepted, and how many more may still be active. Federal law enforcement deserves credit for dismantling this particular plot before it could be carried out. But the fact that an IRGC-linked terrorist commander was allegedly working to murder the President’s daughter on American soil should send a clear message to every policymaker in Washington: the Iranian-backed threat has already reached federal court, Jewish targets, American interests, and now, according to source reporting, President Trump’s own family. The New York Post put the allegation on its cover as the story spread: Today’s cover: Ivanka Trump targeted for assassination by IRGC terrorist in twisted plot to avenge president taking out his mentor: sources https://t.co/3J6M6jg7P2 pic.twitter.com/AoKmiSsplo — New York Post (@nypost) May 23, 2026 The Daily Caller also picked up the reported threat against the Trump family: Prominent Member Of Trump Family Reportedly Targeted For Assassination By Foreign Agent: 'Burn down the house of Trump' https://t.co/7IKgN8isT2 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 23, 2026 The New York Post reported the Ivanka Trump targeting allegation: Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi was identified in source reporting as the man who allegedly targeted Ivanka Trump for assassination. The allegation is that Al-Saadi, described as an Iraqi national and alleged Iranian-backed terrorist figure, wanted revenge for the 2020 U.S. drone strike ordered by President Trump that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. The Post cited sources saying Al-Saadi had a blueprint of Ivanka Trump’s Florida home. Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attache at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, told the outlet that after Soleimani was killed, Al-Saadi spoke about killing Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump. That Ivanka-specific allegation sits on top of a broader federal terrorism case already moving through the Southern District of New York. The distinction matters: the source reporting names Ivanka as the alleged target, while the court case supplies the official terrorism-case foundation. The Associated Press reported on the federal terrorism case against Al-Saadi: Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi is accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel war with Iran. The complaint says he sought to attack a New York City synagogue and provided an undercover law-enforcement officer with photos and maps of Jewish centers in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Arizona, that he planned to target. He is also accused of involvement in two recent attacks in Canada: an attack on a synagogue and a shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto. Federal prosecutors said he directed and urged attacks on U.S. and Israeli interests, including killing Americans and Jews. Al-Saadi is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to Kata’ib Hizballah, an Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militant group, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He also faces terrorism and bombing-related conspiracy counts that could carry life in prison if convicted. The Justice Department complaint provides the primary-source backbone for the federal case: The federal complaint charges Al-Saadi with terrorism-related offenses tied to alleged support for Kata’ib Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The complaint provides the official case backbone for the alleged attack network, including the planned attacks on Jewish and American targets. It does not need to do the work of the separate Ivanka-source allegation to make the case serious. The federal filing already describes a defendant accused of coordinating or encouraging attacks across borders, seeking targets in the United States, and supporting designated foreign terrorist organizations. The document describes a defendant allegedly tied to a campaign that reached across Europe, Canada, and the United States, with attacks and planned attacks aimed at American, Israeli, and Jewish interests. That is why the Ivanka allegation lands inside a larger national-security frame rather than as an isolated threat. The reported target was President Trump’s daughter, but the alleged pattern reaches U.S., Israeli, and Jewish targets across multiple countries. Breitbart also followed the report and connected it to President Trump’s strike on Soleimani: The report framed the alleged Ivanka target as revenge for President Trump’s elimination of Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed in a U.S. strike in Baghdad in January 2020 during President Trump’s first term. For years, Iranian-backed actors and sympathizers have treated that strike as a grievance to be answered. The allegation against Al-Saadi fits that pattern: a Trump family member allegedly targeted in a twisted attempt to make the president pay personally for taking out one of Iran’s most powerful terror commanders. The report also repeated Qanbar’s account that Al-Saadi spoke of killing Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump. That is the political and security stakes of the story. This was not merely another abstract terror case; source reporting says the threat reached directly into the family of the president who ordered the strike on Soleimani. Seen beside the federal case, the alleged Ivanka plot shows why the Trump administration’s hard line on Iranian-backed terror networks remains a live domestic-security issue, not just a foreign-policy debate inside Washington. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.