Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary, will have left his residence in Washington DC to move to a military base after he also became the target of threats from the Iranian regime.
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11/11/2026
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O secretary of the US Treasury, Scott Bessent, moved to a military base for security reasons after receiving threats from Iran.
The information was advanced by New York Times on Tuesday, realizing that Bessent had left his residence in Washington DC following Iranian threats.
According to the U.S. newspaper, the Secretary of the Treasury has become a target for Iran due to his role in leading an economic pressure campaign launched by the White House against the Iranian regime since the start of the Middle East war at the end of February this year, from sanctions and restrictions on trade routes.
One of the main objectives of the Treasury Secretary is to cut the funding of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which also controls Iran's economy.
The US authorities will have concluded that in recent weeks Iran's plans against current and former US officials have reached a more advanced level, indicated sources that preferred to remain anonymous.
The New York Post stresses, however, that the seriousness of threats against Bessent is unclear. Still, there will have been specific and targeted threats made by Iran against individuals that the US authorities considered serious, such as a plan of orderly assassination against President Donald Trump during the 2024 election campaign.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Treasury Department said that Bessent “will not be intimidated by the threats of the Iranian regime,” adding that the secretary remains committed to the campaign of sanctions against Iran.
According to the American newspaper, Scott Bessent is the most recent White House employee forced to leave his residence in the U.S. capital to move to a military base. Last year, for example, the current White House chief of staff, Scott Miller, and former wanted general, Pam Bondi, were also forced to do so.
However, in the case of Pam Bondi it is possible that the threats are related to the arrest of former president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who may not be directly associated with Iran.
It is further noted that Iran has also targeted Donald Trump since 2020, when the US President – in the first term – ordered a drone attack that killed General Qassim Suleimani, commander of the Revolutionary Guard Quds Force.