The Jerusalem Post, on Iran, 11 November 2026

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats - report

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently moved out of his home and onto a military base after Iranian threats against his life, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached "advanced stages," a senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters late last month.

The newspaper reported that the severity of the threats to Bessent was not immediately clear.Iran has previously denied plotting to attack officials and people on US soil.

The newspaper reported that US officials have noted that Iran's ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the US and other territories overseas is limited.

The US Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.US pressuring Tehran economically over course of warBessent has been the face of Washington's economic pressure campaign against Tehran during the course of the US-Israeli war on Iran that began on February 28.American and Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian officials, including late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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About this analysis

The Jerusalem Post runs a short Reuters report that Scott Bessent moved to a military base after Iranian threats, attributing the claim to The New York Times and the intelligence warning to an unnamed official's memo seen by Reuters. It includes Iran's denial, the uncertainty over how severe the threats are, and US officials' own view that Iran's ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the US is limited. It names the US and Israel as the actors in the killings of top Iranian officials, including Khamenei, and we found nothing in it that misleads.

What it gets right

  • “American and Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian officials”

    The report names who did the killing, in the active voice, with the word killed, rather than writing Khamenei's death out or hiding the actor.

  • “Iran has previously denied plotting to attack officials and people on US soil”

    The report sets Iran's own denial against the unnamed US intelligence claims, so the threat allegation is not left standing alone.

  • “The newspaper reported that the severity of the threats to Bessent was not immediately clear”

    The report keeps the uncertainty in the source reporting instead of turning an anonymous claim into established fact.

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