US treasury chief Scott Bessent relocated to military base amid Iranian threats: Report

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Bessent and his family moved to a military base after US intelligence said Iranian threats against American officials had reached a more "advanced stage". | World News

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his home in Washington, DC, and relocated to a military base after Iranian threats against his life, according to multiple reports.

In recent weeks, US officials concluded that Iranian threats against current and former American officials had reached a more "advanced stage", based partly on intelligence about threats to Bessent, according to a New York Times report. A senior administration official told Fox News that Bessent and his family have moved to the military base.

The US treasury department confirmed the relocation, saying he will "not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats", adding that he remains committed to executing the campaign to squeeze Iran’s economy. However, the severity of the Iranian threats against Bessent remains unclear.

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Bessent is not the first Trump official to relocate to a military base or other protected houses. Several officials made the switch last year, including now White House chief of staff Stephen Miller and former attorney general Pam Bondi. NYT reported a rise in credible threats against these officials, fuelled by the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the US-Iran war.

Since August, Bessent has led an aggressive pressure campaign to impose tougher sanctions on Iran and restrictions on trade routes in a bid to isolate the Islamic Republic financially amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, making him one of the US officials that Tehran most wants to harm, according to the NYT report.

In late September, Bessent said Iran will have "nothing left to trade for anything" as the Trump administration intensified its economic pressure against the regime with a naval blockade in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz as part of ‘Operation Economic Outcast’. He assessed that Iran was desperate to make a deal because of its collapsing economy.

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