The "New York Times" reported yesterday, Tuesday, citing sources in the know, that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bastnet recently moved from his home to a military base following Iranian threats aimed at his life.
A senior intelligence official in President Donald Trump's administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters at the end of last month, "that Iran has increased its efforts to harm American workers, and that its deadly plots against Americans have reached advanced stages."
The newspaper reported that it is not clear how serious the threats directed towards Besant are.
Iran has previously denied that it planned to attack officials and people on American soil.
Pisant is the prominent face of the economic pressure campaign launched by Washington on Tehran during the US-Israel war in Iran that began on February 28.