US Offers ₹92.6 Crore Bounty for Intel on Iran's Supreme Leader and IRGC Officials

The reward also applies to 10 officials linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the US State Department website. | World News

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The United States has offered a reward of up to $10 million (₹92.6 crore) for information on senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, including the country's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

The reward applies to 10 officials linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to the US State Department website.

Mojtaba Khamenei recently succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, as Iran's supreme leader after the elder Khamenei was killed along with several other top Iranian officials in joint US and Israeli strikes that began on February 28.

The younger Khamenei, believed to have been injured in the attacks, has not appeared in public since, though he released his first statement on Thursday.

Along with the supreme leader, the US is seeking information about Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and two officials working in Khamenei's office.

The reward website also lists four other officials, including the IRGC commander and the secretary of the defense council, though their names and photographs have not been published.