Bessent moved to military base as Iran threats exceed advanced stage, official says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been relocated from his home in Washington, D.C.to a military base amid Iranian assassination threats this week, a senior administration official confirmed to Fox News.Tehran has ramped up its efforts to target senior U.S.
officials overseas, with White House chief of staff Stephen Miller and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also relocating to military or protected housing in recent weeks.The senior official told Fox that threats against Bessent had reached "more than an advanced stage." The official declined to say when exactly Bessent was relocated.Bessent has played a central role in the economic battle against Iran, launching "Operation Economic Outcast" this summer in an effort to isolate Iran's economy from the rest of the world.COULD IRAN’S REGIME COLLAPSE? EXPERTS ASSESS BESSENT’S BID TO SEVER FINANCIAL LIFELINESScott Bessent, U.S.Treasury Secretary, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov.
5, 2025.(Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Bessent said the wave of sanctions would bring about the "asphyxiation" of Iran's economy.The Treasury Department confirmed Bessent's departure in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday, adding that the secretary refuses to "be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats."The New York Times first reported Bessent's relocation, citing three anonymous sources.IRAN HAS 'SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED' EFFORTS TO TARGET AMERICANS ABROAD, US INTELLIGENCE MEMO WARNSThe move comes as President Donald Trump continues to seek to end the war via diplomatic means, leaning away from a return to full scale war.Marco Rubio, US secretary of State, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action after Tehran rejected Washington's push for a peace deal, with the two sides far apart in efforts...