By A 32-year-old Iraqi national with alleged ties to Iranian-backed militant networks has been captured after authorities say he plotted to assassinate Ivanka Trump in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, according to a stunning report by The New York Post.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey on May 15 and extradited to the United States, where he faces charges connected to multiple attacks and attempted attacks on U.S. and Jewish targets in Europe and North America, according to the Department of Justice.
Sources told The Post that Al-Saadi had specifically pledged to target the former first daughter and had obtained a blueprint of her Florida home, where she lives with her husband, Jared Kushner, in a $24 million property.
“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,’” said Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attaché in the Iraqi embassy in Washington.
Qanbar added that authorities were aware Al-Saadi “had a plan of Ivanka’s house in Florida.” A second source confirmed the details of the alleged plot against her.
Al-Saadi has been described as a high-ranking figure in Iraq-Iran terror circles and an operative for both Kata’ib Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Authorities say he used social media to publicize his threats, including a map showing the exclusive Florida enclave where the Trumps reside.
The post was accompanied by an Arabic message that translated to: “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.”
The alleged plot appears to trace directly to the January 2020 U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani, the powerful commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force. Al-Saadi reportedly viewed Soleimani as a father figure. His own father, Iranian Brigadier General Ahmad Kazemi, died in a plane crash in 2006.
Iran has been trying to kill the president and former members of his administration for years as an act of revenge.
Al-Saadi is also accused of involvement in several recent attacks, including the firebombing of the Bank of New York Mellon in Amsterdam, the stabbing of two Jewish victims in London, a shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto, and attacks on Jewish sites including a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, and a temple in Rotterdam.
This statement published by the front group Ashab al-Yamin on April 20, which al-Saadi appears to be behind, makes a lot more sense now. It warned that Ivanka Trump had been "on the brink of death" but her life was spared. https://t.co/HDSbYjGf4y pic.twitter.com/7B7KgrLmTN
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) May 23, 2026
Authorities allege that he operated a religious travel agency as a front to help facilitate movement and coordination with terror cells around the world. When he was arrested, he was reportedly traveling to Russia and carrying an Iraqi service passport that gave him special travel privileges.
Experts familiar with the case say Al-Saadi maintained close ties to Soleimani and to his successor, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, who allegedly continued supporting his operations.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Senior Fellow at the New Lines Institute who was held hostage by Kata’ib Hezbollah for more than two years, described the significance of Al-Saadi’s connections, though she said she could not confirm whether he was personally involved in her captivity.
Ivanka Trump, 44, who converted to Orthodox Judaism before marrying Kushner, has not publicly commented on the reported threat. The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
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