US authorities have charged an alleged Iran IRGC-linked terror operative accused of plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump in what investigators believe was a revenge campaign linked to the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

The suspect, 32-year-old Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, was arrested in Turkey earlier this month before reportedly being extradited to the United States.

According to court documents and sources cited by the New York Post, Al-Saadi allegedly vowed to target the daughter ofUS President Donald Trumpfollowing the 2020 US drone strike in Baghdad that killed Soleimani.

Investigators claim the Iraqi national possessed plans linked to Ivanka Trump's Florida residence, where she lives with husband Jared Kushner. Sources also alleged that Al-Saadi made repeated statements about wanting revenge against the Trump family over Soleimani's death.

Former Iraqi military attaché Entifadh Qanbar told the New York Post that Al-Saadi openly discussed targeting Ivanka Trump in retaliation for the strike that killed the Iranian general.

Qanbar claimed the suspect viewed Soleimani as a father figure after the death of his own father, Iranian brigadier general Ahmad Kazemi, in 2006.

Federal prosecutors allege Al-Saadi maintained an active online presence despite his suspected involvement in extremist activity.

Authorities said he posted an image on X showing the exclusive Florida area where Ivanka Trump and Kushner own a luxury property worth an estimated $24 million.

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The post reportedly included a warning in Arabic telling Americans that neither their 'palaces nor the Secret Service' would protect them, while claiming surveillance efforts were already under way.

Source: International Business Times UK