Bessent Moves Onto Military Base Due To Iran Death Threats: Reports

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is living on an undisclosed U.S. military base, forced to move from his Washington, D.C. home because of threats to his life originating from Iran, multiple reports say.Government officials believe a plot against Mr. Bessent had reached an advanced stage, the New York Times first reported late Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.The severity of the threat against Mr. Bessent was not clear, but Iranian plots against American personnel and citizens were at an advanced stage, reads an administration memo seen by Reuters.Mr. Bessent has led Operation Economic Outcast, a worldwide sanctions campaign designed to cut off Iran from world markets and crush the regime economically.“The secretary will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats and remains committed to executing Operation Economic Outcast and maintaining the blockade, which together are collapsing Iran’s economy,” a Treasury Department spokesman said in a statement Reuters.The Wall Street Journal, in January 2025, published a story on Mr. Bessent’s purchase of a $12.5 million mansion in Georgetown. The article included an aerial photo of the property. Officials expressed concern that adversaries were able to use the image to geo-locate Mr. Bessent’s home, according to the report.Several top Trump administration officials have been moved onto military bases because of security concerns. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and their families have been living on a military base in the Washington, D.C. area for months. Mr. Rubio confirmed the move in a podcast. White House official Stephen Miller and his family moved onto military housing last year after protesters targeted their Arlington, Virginia, home. When she was the Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem was also relocated to a military base for protection. The official residence of the vice president has been located at the U.S. Naval Observatory just north of Embassy Row in northwest Washington, D.C., since 1974.The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced that three Iranian nationals had been indicted on terrorism-related charges for their activities in support of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The trio is accused of being involved in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States. They were also allegedly tied to a plot at a British Royal Air Force Base at Fairford, United Kingdom, where American armed forces are stationed. The American military moved planes from the base as a security precaution.Justice officials did not publicly link the three operatives to any plot against Mr. Bessent. A request for comment from the Treasury Department was not immediately returned.The American war against Iran has been mostly quiet for months. President Trump has hinted that he will not need to resume large-scale attacks, in part because sanctions and other economic maneuvers led by Mr. Bessent, in addition to a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, have been so effective. Just last week, for instance, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned eight money service businesses based in Canada for least $16 billion in illicit transactions, including activity connected to Iran sanctions evasion. Mr. Rubio echoed Mr. Trump’s sentiment about military attacks on Iran after meeting with Group of Seven foreign ministers at Paris on Tuesday. “At this point the economic campaign and the pressure and the devastation that our economic campaign is having on the Iranian regime is working so well that the president really doesn’t have any need to conduct major combat operations,” Mr. Rubio told reporters.Mr. Bessent may be living in an undisclosed location, but he appeared Tuesday night at the National Committee of United States-China Relations gala at New York City, where he delivered a keynote speech.

Bessent Moves Onto Military Base Due To Iran Death Threats: Reports

Bessent Moves Onto Military Base Due To Iran Death Threats: Reports

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