US Treasury chief Bessent moves to military base over Iran threats
The New York Times first reported the move, citing two people familiar with the matter; no outlet named the base or produced an official confirmation.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his Washington residence to a US military base after threats against his life from Iran, two people familiar with the matter told the New York Times, which first reported the move.
Reuters, The Hindu, NDTV, the South China Morning Post and The Times all carried the account. Reuters credited the Times in its headline. The Hindu and NDTV attributed it to unnamed reports. The Times put the words "moved to military base over Iran threats" in quotation marks.
Bessent has led the US sanctions and economic pressure campaign against Iran, the South China Morning Post reported. The treasury secretary is the senior US official for financial policy and the chief architect of American sanctions.
The South China Morning Post also cited a memo seen by Reuters late last month, in which a senior intelligence official in Donald Trump's administration warned that Iranian plots against US personnel and American citizens had reached an advanced stage.
The reports did not say how the threat against Bessent was assessed, which agency made the assessment, or how long he has been at the base. None named the installation.
No account included a statement from the Treasury Department, the White House or Iranian officials. The South China Morning Post described the threats as "alleged" in its headline; Reuters and The Hindu reported them without that qualifier.
Bessent's Treasury is the department that administers the sanctions programme at the centre of Washington's pressure campaign on Tehran, which the South China Morning Post said he has led. The reports of the move appeared on Tuesday, according to the South China Morning Post's account of when the two people spoke.
How the reports differ
The South China Morning Post carried the fullest account, naming the New York Times as the first to report the move and adding the detail of a memo seen by Reuters in which a senior intelligence official warned that Iranian plots had reached an advanced stage. Reuters also credited the Times by name, while The Hindu and NDTV attributed the story only to unnamed reports in their headlines. The Times placed the reason for the move inside quotation marks, and the South China Morning Post called the threats "alleged", a qualifier Reuters and The Hindu did not use. No outlet named the base or produced an on-record confirmation from the US government.
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