U.S. Treasury Secretary Relocates Amid Iranian Threats: "Threats Have Advanced Significantly"

NYT reports, citing multiple sources
Treasury also confirms: "Will not be intimidated by threats"

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved with his family to a military base after receiving threats from Iran, it has been confirmed.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raises his hand at a midterm election campaign rally in Florida on the 23rd of last month (local time). Reuters-Yonhap News

The New York Times (NYT) reported on November 10 (local time), citing three people familiar with the matter, that Secretary Bessent left his home near Washington, D.C., and moved to a military base because of threats from Iran.

Based on recent information about threats targeting Secretary Bessent, U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Iranian plans to attack current and former U.S. officials had advanced further than before. However, the NYT reported that the actual severity of the threat against Secretary Bessent remained unclear.

The U.S. Treasury Department confirmed that Secretary Bessent had left his home and moved to a military base because of threats from Iran. A senior official in the Trump Administration told Fox News, "The threats against Secretary Bessent had advanced well beyond the preliminary stage, so the Secretary and his family relocated."

The official also claimed that the Iranian threats showed that the U.S. strategy of applying economic pressure on Iran was working. The official said Iran was targeting Secretary Bessent, who designed the U.S. economic sanctions policy.

In a statement, a Treasury Department spokesperson said, "Secretary Bessent will not be intimidated by threats from the Iranian regime," and affirmed that the campaign of economic pressure on Iran would continue.

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