{"id":4203,"date":"2026-11-11T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2026-11-11T13:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T08:03:48","slug":"us-treasury-chief-moved-to-military-base-after-iranian-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4203","title":{"rendered":"US Treasury chief moved to military base after Iranian threats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, DC residence to a US military base after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with \u200bthe matter said on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> first reported the move. A senior intelligence official \u200bin the Trump administration warned in a memo<\/u><\/a> late last month \u2060that Iranian plots against US personnel and American citizens had reached an advanced stage.<\/p>\n

Bessent has led \u200bthe US sanctions and economic pressure campaign<\/u><\/a> against Iran, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, since August to try to \u200bpush Tehran to end attacks on shipping and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

The crucial waterway has been largely closed since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n

The economic pressure campaign, which coincides with a US naval \u200bblockade of Iranian ports, has included sanctions on Middle Eastern bank branches<\/u><\/a> and other financial services firms facilitating \u200btransactions with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secretary will not be deterred by the Iranian regime\u2019s threats and remains committed to executing Operation \u200cEconomic Outcast \u2060and maintaining the blockade, which together are collapsing Iran\u2019s economy,\u201d a US Treasury spokesperson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n

The Times<\/em> reported the severity of the threats to Bessent was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

A source familiar with the matter said security concerns surrounding Bessent increased when the Wall Street Journal<\/em> published an aerial view \u200bof the Georgetown mansion \u200bthat Bessent bought for $12.5 \u2060million shortly after his confirmation as Treasury secretary in January 2025.<\/p>\n

The photo allowed Bessent\u2019s home to be geolocated, and Bessent was relocated to a military \u200bbase for his safety, the source said, adding: \u201cThe news media has an \u200bobligation to act \u2060responsibly amid growing threats against public officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran has previously denied plotting to attack officials and people on US soil.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> reported that US officials have noted that Iran\u2019s ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the \u2060US and \u200bother territories overseas is limited.<\/p>\n

US-Israeli strikes on Iran<\/u><\/a> and Israeli attacks \u200bon Lebanon during the war have killed thousands<\/u><\/a> and displaced millions<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

American and Israeli attacks have also killed top Iranian officials, including late Supreme Leader \u200bAyatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, DC residence to a US military base after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with \u200bthe matter said on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported the move. A senior intelligence official \u200bin the Trump administration warned in a memo late last month \u2060that Iranian plots against US personnel and American citizens had reached an advanced stage. Bessent has led \u200bthe US sanctions and economic pressure campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, since August to try…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}