The American newspaper "New York Times" revealed that Finance Minister Scott Bassan recently moved from his home to a military base, amid Iranian threats against his life, in light of the escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran since the outbreak of the American-Israeli war in Iran on February 28 of last year.
On Tuesday, the newspaper cited knowledgeable sources who said that the level of severity of the threats directed at Bessant was still unclear, while a senior American intelligence official warned in a memo seen by Reuters late last month that Iran was increasing its efforts to target American workers, and that plans to assassinate Americans had reached "advanced stages." Tehran has previously denied that it planned to launch attacks against officials or individuals inside the United States.
Besant is considered one of the prominent factors responsible for the economic pressure campaign of the US on Iran during the war that the US and Israel started against Iran last February.