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Scott Bessent Moves To Military Base After Iranian Threats Against His Life

Scott Bessent Moves To Military Base After Iranian Threats Against His Life

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"position&colon;relative" data-narration-container&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his Washington-area home to a military base after Iranian threats against his life&comma; according to a report published Tuesday&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;10&sol;us&sol;politics&sol;bessent-moved-base-iran-threats&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">New York Times<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&comma; citing three people familiar with the matter&comma; reported that Bessent recently relocated after American officials concluded that Iranian plots against current and former U&period;S&period; officials had reached a more advanced stage&period; The intelligence assessment reportedly included specific threats against the Treasury secretary&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Secretary Bessent will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats&comma;” a Treasury Department spokesperson said in a statement to the Times&comma; adding that he remains committed to the administration’s effort to squeeze Iran’s economy&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Bessent has become a prominent figure in the Trump administration’s effort to economically isolate Tehran&period; Since August&comma; he has <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;operation-economic-outcast-trump-admin-launches-economic-d-day-against-iran" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">overseen &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;economic D-day&comma;”<&sol;a> a campaign of sanctions and financial restrictions designed to cut off Iran’s access to international markets and weaken the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps&comma; which controls significant portions of the country’s economy&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The severity of the threats against Bessent is unclear&period; U&period;S&period; officials have said Iran has limited capacity to carry out large-scale attacks inside the United States&comma; but have treated targeted plots against individual Americans as a serious concern&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The relocation makes Bessent the latest senior Trump administration official to move into protected housing over security concerns&period; At least half a dozen officials have moved out of their Washington-area homes and onto military bases or other secure locations since last year&comma; including Stephen Miller&comma; now White House chief of staff&comma; and former Attorney General Pam Bondi&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Last month&comma; a senior intelligence official warned in a government memo reviewed by Reuters that Iranian plots against Americans had reached &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;advanced stages&period;” The United States also heightened security alerts for personnel across the Middle East and reduced staffing at some diplomatic facilities after receiving intelligence about potential Iranian attacks&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Iran has previously denied plotting attacks against American officials on U&period;S&period; soil&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Tehran has a history of threatening U&period;S&period; officials involved in the 2020 killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani&comma; who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force&period; President Donald Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Soleimani in January 2020&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">In 2024&comma; federal prosecutors charged Farhad Shakeri with participating in a plot to assassinate Trump in retaliation for Soleimani’s death&period; Prosecutors described Shakeri as a Revolutionary Guard operative&period; Several other former Trump national security officials involved in the strike also faced Iranian threats&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Bessent’s relocation also comes as the administration continues its economic pressure campaign against Tehran during the U&period;S&period;-Israeli war&comma; which began on February 28&period; Trump has repeatedly promised to bring the conflict to an end&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;scott-bessent-moves-to-military-base-after-iranian-threats-against-his-life">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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