US offers up to $10M reward for information on Iran's supreme leader, senior officials

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Published  March 13, 2026 7:19pm EDT
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The Brief

    • The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $10 million for information on 10 senior officials linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
    • Officials named include Mojtaba Khamenei and Ali Asghar Hejazi, both associated with Iran’s top leadership structure.
    • The U.S. says the IRGC has played a major role in terrorism and attacks on Americans, and it has been designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization since 2019.

WASHINGTON - The United States is offering ​a reward of up to $10 million for information about key leaders of Iran’s military and intelligence ‌officials.

The reward targets 10 officials associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the State Department’s website. 

The officials include Mojtaba Khamenei, its new Supreme Leader and Ali Asghar Hejazi, its Deputy Chief of Staff and Supreme Leader Officer (SLO).

The government department is also offering ways to submit tips on its website.

US offers $10 million reward for information on Iran’s senior officials, leader

What they're saying:

The department said the IRGC, which is part of Iran’s official military, "plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft." 

Mojtaba Khamenei is seen in Tehran; Iran; on December 14; 2016. (Credit: Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

"The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities, including those that have killed U.S. citizens," the statement read.

What is the IRGC?

The backstory:

Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy. The group now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.

On April 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of State designated the IRGC, including the IRGC-Qods Force, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. 

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In 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury also designated the IRGC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for its activities in support of the IRGC-QF.

According to the State Department, people in the U.S. are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the IRGC and it is a crime to knowingly provide, or to attempt or conspire to provide, material support or resources to the IRGC.

The Source: The information for this story was provided by the U.S. State Department.

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