Ivanka Trump was targeted in a murder plot by a terrorist linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to information cited by the New York Post. The 32-year-old Iraqi national, Mohammad Baqer Saad Daoud al-Saadi, was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the United States, where he is charged with a series of terrorist acts and planned attacks on American and Jewish targets in Europe and the U.S.

According to the same reports, al-Saadi had pledged to assassinate Ivanka Trump as an act of revenge for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad in January 2020.

Edifat Kanbar, a former deputy military attaché at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, told the New York Post that al-Saadi “told people they should kill Ivanka to ‘burn down the Trump house the way he burned ours.’”

He also allegedly possessed a map of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s home in Florida, valued at around $24 million. A second source reportedly confirmed the assassination plan, according to the publication.

Al-Saadi had posted on social media a map of the area where the couple’s residence is located, along with a threatening message in Arabic stating: “I tell Americans to look at this picture and know that neither your palaces nor the Secret Services will protect you. We are in the phase of surveillance and analysis. I tell you, our revenge is only a matter of time.”

High-ranking figure in terror networks

U.S. authorities claim the 32-year-old was a high-ranking figure in terrorist networks linked to Iran and Iraq. He was arrested in Turkey on May 15 while allegedly traveling toward Russia, and later extradited to the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice accuses him of 18 attacks or attempted attacks across Europe and the U.S. These allegedly include arson at a Bank of New York Mellon branch in Amsterdam, a stabbing attack on two Jewish individuals in London, and gunfire at the U.S. consulate in Toronto.

Federal authorities also say he planned or coordinated attacks against Jewish targets, including a bombing of a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, and an arson attack on a temple in Rotterdam.

Ivanka Trump, now 44, converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2009 before marrying Jared Kushner. The White House has not commented on the reported assassination plot.

According to experts cited by the New York Post, al-Saadi had close ties to Qassem Soleimani and later to his successor, General Esmail Qaani. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a researcher at the New Lines Institute in Washington, said al-Saadi continued receiving resources and support for his terrorist networks.

Tsurkov herself was abducted in Baghdad in 2023 and held hostage for more than 900 days by Kataib Hezbollah before being released in 2025.

Kanbar also claimed al-Saadi saw Soleimani as a father figure after his own father, an Iranian brigadier general, was killed in 2006. He reportedly grew up in Baghdad but was sent to Tehran for training by the IRGC.

He later set up a travel agency for religious trips, which allegedly served as a cover for contacts with terrorist cells worldwide.

Strong social media presence

Despite his alleged role in terrorist networks, al-Saadi reportedly maintained an active social media presence, posting photos of trips near the Eiffel Tower, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, as well as selfies in front of missiles and military facilities.

The case file also reportedly includes photos showing him consulting maps with Soleimani at military sites, images that were allegedly posted on his Snapchat account.

In a 2020 post, months after Soleimani’s death, he wrote: “I will leave social media and shut down all my phones until the American enemy is defeated… victory or martyrdom.”

Despite that statement, he continued to be active online and later referred to Soleimani and other Iranian military figures killed in U.S. strikes as “martyrs.”

According to U.S. authorities, al-Saadi is being held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.