Iran Hawk Bessent Now Lives Behind A Military Gate As Threats Reach 'More Than Advanced Stage'

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Iran Hawk Bessent Now Lives Behind A Military Gate As Threats Reach 'More Than Advanced Stage' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his Washington-area home and onto…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his Washington-area home and onto a US military base because of Iranian threats against him, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Three people told the Times that US officials concluded in recent weeks that Iranian plotting against current and former American officials had reached a more advanced stage, based in part on intelligence about threats to Bessent himself.

A senior administration official told Fox News the threats against Bessent's life had reached "more than an advanced stage," and declined to say when he moved.

The Treasury Department, confirming the move, said Bessent "will not be deterred by the Iranian regime's threats" and remains committed to the pressure campaign against Tehran.

Bessent has run Operation Economic Outcast since Aug. 24, a campaign he says is meant "to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone." Launching it, he declared: "America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it."

In September, Treasury sanctioned all of Iran's remaining airlines, with Bessent warning anyone still doing business with them: "You are at risk of being cut off from the global financial system." On Nov. 4, a day after Republicans were crushed in midterms widely seen as a referendum on the Iran war, he announced another round, as we reported: "As we have said many times, under Operation Economic Outcast, you are either with us or against us."

Last week, as we noted, MEMRI flagged an Iranian video that calls Bessent "Captain Corruptor" and warns that he "has booked himself a first class ticket to Hell and his ride will soon arrive at his door."

In a memo to Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned that "Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel" and that "the lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S.

Bessent and Rubio rode a decoy Air Force One out of Ankara after…

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