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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent relocates to military base after Iranian threats

newsNov 11, 2026391,725

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has left his Washington-area home and moved onto a U.S. military base after the New York Times, cited by the Guardian, reported U.S. intelligence flagged an Iranian threat to his life. Bessent has led the Treasury’s sanctions campaign against Iran, called Operation Economic Outcast, since August and has vowed “economic asphyxiation” of Tehran while the U.S. maintains a naval blockade. The U.S. national intelligence chief, Jay Clayton, said Tehran had “substantially increased” efforts to target current and former American officials; anonymous sources told the Times Iranian plotting has reached a “more advanced stage.” A Wall Street Journal aerial photo of Bessent’s Georgetown mansion, bought soon after his January 2025 confirmation, heightened security concerns and helped prompt his relocation, a source said. The Treasury press office said Bessent “will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats” and remains committed to the sanctions campaign and the blockade, which it said are collapsing Iran’s economy. The move follows other security steps including ordering nonessential embassy staff and families out of Saudi Arabia and removing some U.S. aircraft from British bases, and places several senior Trump administration officials on protected military housing.

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Scott Bessent has quietly relocated from his Washington-area home to a military base, after US officials determined Iranian plots against American officials had progressed and specifically included threats against him. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

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