Treasury Secretary Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, New York Times reports

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his home and onto a military base after Iranian threats against his life, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. The Bessent military base move was first reported by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, citing three people with knowledge of the matter, according to Mediaite via Yahoo.

What the New York Times report says

The sources said U.S. officials concluded in recent weeks that Iranian plotting against current and former American officials had reached a more advanced stage, based in part on intelligence about threats to Mr. Bessent. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive information, per the same report.

Reuters, in its account carried by The Globe and Mail, said the newspaper reported that the severity of the threats to Bessent was not immediately clear. The U.S. Treasury Department did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.

What Treasury and Iran have said

A Treasury Department spokesperson told the Times that Bessent “will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats,” and that he remains committed to executing the pressure campaign against Iran, Just The News reported.

Iran has previously denied plotting to attack officials and people on U.S. soil, Reuters noted. Tehran has not publicly responded to the latest report.

Key numbers

• Three: the number of people who told the Times about the move, per Just The News.
• 28 February: the date the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began, according to Reuters.

Why the Iran sanctions campaign makes Bessent a target

Bessent has been the face of Washington’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Reuters said. Just The News wrote that he has imposed tougher sanctions and restrictions on Iranian trade routes, which reportedly makes him one of Iran’s biggest targets.

A senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters late last month that Iran has ramped up efforts to target U.S. personnel, and that lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached “advanced stages.”

For wider diplomacy on Iran and Ukraine, see our report on the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris.

What happens next for the Bessent military base arrangement

The Treasury has not said how long Bessent will stay on the base, and the Times report did not make that clear. Watch for any White House or Iranian response, and for further details on the Bessent military base arrangement.