The US Treasury Secretary takes refuge at a military base after receiving information about an Iranian plot to assassinate him.
The US Treasury Secretary takes refuge at a military base after receiving information about an Iranian plot to assassinate him.
11-11-2026
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bisent recently moved from his home to a military base following intelligence reports that Iran was preparing a plan to assassinate him. A New York Times report stated that US officials concluded in recent weeks that Iranian threats against current and former US officials had reached a more advanced stage, based in part on intelligence about specific threats to Bisent, who has been leading an economic pressure campaign since last August aimed at isolating Iran financially through harsher sanctions and restrictions on trade routes, a role that has made him one of the officials most targeted by Iran.
Despite the seriousness of these threats, US officials noted that Iran’s ability to launch large-scale attacks in the United States or other regions is limited, but it has issued specific threats targeting particular individuals that Washington considers serious, such as the alleged plot to assassinate President Donald Trump in the 2024 campaign.
For his part, a Treasury Department spokesperson said in a statement that Bisent “will not be deterred by the Iranian regime’s threats,” reaffirming his commitment to implementing the campaign to strangle the Iranian economy. Bisent is the latest high-ranking official in President Donald Trump’s administration to leave his Washington, D.C., home for a military base or secure residence; at least six officials did so last year, including Stephen Miller and Pam Bondi.
The administration has not disclosed the scope of the threats against its senior officials, and they are not all limited to Iran. Last month, the U.S. government placed its personnel on high alert throughout the Middle East and reduced staffing at its embassies and consulates after intelligence indicated that Iran was in advanced stages of planning attacks against Americans. The U.S. military also abruptly relocated bombers from a base in the United Kingdom following a suspected terrorist plot.
The primary objective of the economic pressure campaign led by Bessent is to cut off funds to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in the hope of sparing the United States a resumption of large-scale military operations in the war that Trump started on February
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