The Trump administration just put a price on the heads of Iran's top military leaders.
The U.S. State Department, through its Rewards for Justice program, is offering up to $10 million for information on the key leaders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its component branches.
The move comes amid ongoing U.S. military operations in the country and follows joint strikes alongside Israel that have reshaped the balance of power in the Middle East.
The names on the Rewards for Justice notice read like a directory of Iran's ruling inner circle.
According to the Hill, among those listed is Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Iranian Supreme Leader and son of the former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who died earlier this month. Also named: Ali Larijani, the country's national security chief, and Ali Asghar Hejazi, who served as the chief of staff to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei before his death.
The Rewards for Justice notice pulls no punches in describing the target organization. It states plainly:
"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), part of Iran's official military, plays a central role in Iran's use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft."
The notice also makes clear that anyone who provides actionable intelligence could be eligible for "relocation," a significant incentive for insiders willing to break ranks with the regime.
The reward announcement lands against the backdrop of a punishing military campaign. The U.S. launched joint strikes alongside Israel late last month, targeting Iranian missile and nuclear capabilities as well as the late Khamenei's compound. More than 2,000 people have been killed in the Middle East since those strikes began, though no public attribution for that figure has been provided by any named authority.
On Friday, the U.S. escalated further. President Trump described the latest action as "one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East," stating it "totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island." Kharg Island is the hub of Iran's oil export infrastructure, and the strike signals an intent to dismantle not just Tehran's military apparatus but its economic leverage as well.
President Trump declared Friday that the regime is broken. On Truth Social, he wrote:
"The Fake News Media hates to report how well the United States Military has done against Iran, which is totally defeated and wants a deal – But not a deal that I would accept!"
That single sentence accomplishes two things at once. It frames the media as unwilling to credit American military success, and it signals to Tehran that surrender on favorable terms is the only path forward. No half measures, no pallets of cash, no handshake agreements that let the mullahs stall while they rebuild.
The Rewards for Justice program is a well established State Department mechanism that has been used for decades to target terrorist leaders and hostile state actors. Placing Iran's new Supreme Leader and top national security figures on a public bounty list is a deliberate statement of intent: the U.S. considers these individuals direct participants in state-sponsored terrorism, not sovereign leaders entitled to diplomatic immunity from scrutiny.
Authorities have not publicly confirmed whether additional names beyond the three identified will be added to the list, or what specific intelligence the program is seeking. Investigators will need to determine how informants inside the IRGC's compartmentalized structure can safely deliver information and take advantage of the relocation offer.
The larger picture is straightforward. Iran's former Supreme Leader is dead. Its military infrastructure on Kharg Island has been destroyed. Its new leadership now sits on a U.S. bounty list with a $10 million incentive for anyone willing to talk. Washington is not waiting for Tehran to come to the table. It is dismantling the table, piece by piece, and daring what remains of the regime to find a chair.
