Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moves to a military base over safety concerns, reports say

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was recently forced to relocate to a military base over concerns for his safety. The move comes as Bessent has spent the last several months executing a massive economic campaign against Iran aimed at severing all of Tehran’s remaining financial ties around the world. A person familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details, said the relocation was partly due to media reports that helped identify Bessent's home address. The relocation was earlier reported by The New York Times. Recent U.S. intelligence showed that Iran has stepped up efforts to target American personnel in the Middle East and elsewhere, which contributed to the State Department last month reducing staffing at four U.S. embassies in the region. President Donald Trump said this week that the more than 8-month-old Iran war “militarily is effectively over,” but his administration has kept up the financial warfare in a bid to get Iran to capitulate to U.S. demands over Tehran's nuclear program. ------------------------------------- Follow Scripps News on other platforms— Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scrippsnews