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Bessent moved to military base as Iran threats exceed ‘advanced stage,’ official says

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been relocated from his home in Washington, D.C., to a military base amid Iranian assassination threats this week, a senior administration official confirmed to Fox News.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 5 sources•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC
Key points
  • The move comes as the Department of Justice said late Tuesday that three Iranian nationals have been indicted on terrorism-related charges.
  • The Treasury secretary, who is leading an economic pressure campaign against Iran, is the latest Trump official to leave his home over security concerns.
  • Iran is said to have geo-located Bessent's $12.5m mansion in Washington, DC after a photo of it was published.

Bessent, driving force behind US push to cripple Iran’s economy, relocates over alleged threat to his life The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has relocated from his home in the Washington area to a military base after an Iranian threat against his life, the New York Times has reported.

Additional details
  • The senior official told Fox that threats against Bessent had reached "more than an advanced stage." The official declined to say when exactly Bessent was relocated.
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  • Bessent has played a central role in the economic battle against Iran, launching "Operation Economic Outcast" this summer in an effort to isolate Iran's economy from the rest of the world.
  • Bessent has spearheaded a US push to cripple Iran’s economy since the start of the Middle East war, vowing “economic asphyxiation” of the Islamic republic through a web of sanctions.
  • officials overseas, with White House chief of staff Stephen Miller and Secretary of State Marco Rubio also relocating to military or protected housing in recent weeks.

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