By Desire Emmanuel
The US State Department on Friday, March 13, offered up to $10 million for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei and other senior officials, publishing a public appeal through its Rewards for Justice programme.
The department shared a banner on X calling for information on what it described as “Iranian terrorist leaders,” including Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The poster said the reward could reach $10 million and added that people who provide credible information may also become eligible for relocation assistance.
“These individuals command and direct various elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which plans, organises and executes terrorism around the world,” the banner stated.
The appeal lists several Iranian officials the United States is seeking information about, including Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, Deputy Chief of Staff Ali Asghar Hejazi, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, Interior Minister Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, and Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani.
According to the notice, these figures are considered key members of the leadership structure overseeing different branches of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which Washington accuses of planning and directing operations internationally.
The Rewards for Justice programme, run by the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, said individuals with information about these officials or other senior IRGC commanders can contact the programme through encrypted messaging platforms or a secure channel on the Tor network.
The banner added that “eligible information could lead to a reward of up to $10 million,” one of the largest bounties offered under the programme.
The move comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran, with US officials intensifying pressure on Iranian security and intelligence networks linked to the IRGC.
