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The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 cardinal for accusation astir elder Iranian subject and quality officials, including its caller Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
The reward targets 10 officials associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the State Department website.
The subject force, created aft Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, is loyal to the ultimate person and tasked with protecting the Shi’ite clerical establishment. Mojtaba Khamenei precocious succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, arsenic Iran’s ultimate person aft the elder Khamenei was killed on with respective different apical Iranian officials successful associated U.S. and Israeli strikes that began connected February 28.
The younger Khamenei, believed to person been injured successful the strikes, hasn’t been seen publically since, though helium released his first connection connected Thursday (March 12, 2026).
In summation to the ultimate leader, the U.S. is seeking accusation astir Iran’s information main Ali Larijani, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and 2 officials successful Khamenei’s office.
Mr. Larijani appeared connected Friday (March 13, 2026) successful videos verified by Reuters alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attending a rally successful Tehran, contempt an assertion by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Iran’s enactment was “cowering” underground.
The reward website besides lists 4 different officials, including the IRGC commandant and caput of the defence council, but doesn’t see their names oregon photos. “These individuals bid and nonstop assorted elements of the IRGC, which plans, organizes, and executes coercion astir the world,” the State Department said.
The Revolutionary Guards could not beryllium instantly reached for remark connected Friday (March 13, 2026) — the play time of remainder successful Iran. Iran’s ngo to the United Nations successful New York didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment.
The U.S. has designated the IRGC arsenic a overseas violent organisation, accusing it of being liable for attacks that person killed U.S. citizens. Washington has besides accused Iran of orchestrating assassination plots against President Donald Trump and different U.S. officials successful retaliation for the sidesplitting of Iranian subject commandant Qassem Soleimani successful 2020.
Iran denies being a sponsor of terrorism. Iranian officials routinely disregard U.S. coercion allegations arsenic baseless governmental attacks, arguing Washington raises such claims to warrant unit campaigns oregon sanctions.
