U.S. offers up to $10 million reward for information on Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and other senior officials
The Facts
- The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information related to senior Iranian leaders, including Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
- The reward announcement targets 10 senior Iranian officials associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
- The U.S. State Department said the targeted individuals command and direct elements of the IRGC, which it says plans, organizes, and executes terrorism around the world.
- Multiple outlets report that the list includes Ali Larijani, Iran’s interior minister Eskandar Momeni, and intelligence minister Esmail Khatib.
- Reuters and other reports say Mojtaba Khamenei recently succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader after Ali Khamenei was killed during joint U.S. and Israeli strikes that began on February 28.
- The U.S. reward offer was made public on March 13 through the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program.
Context
What is the Rewards for Justice program offering in this case?
The State Department’s Rewards for Justice program says it will pay up to $10 million for information on 10 senior Iranian officials, including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, described as key leaders tied to the IRGC Reuters,CBS News.
Who are some of the officials named besides Mojtaba Khamenei?
Reports say the list includes Ali Larijani, interior minister Eskandar Momeni, intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, and other senior figures described as connected to the IRGC leadership structure Reuters,News18,El Mercurio de Sant….
How does the U.S. describe the IRGC in the reward announcement?
The State Department describes the IRGC as a force whose elements, directed by the targeted leaders, plan, organize, and execute terrorism around the world, and it characterizes the IRGC as central to Iran’s use of terrorism as a tool of statecraft Reuters,Investing.com.
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