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US offers $10m reward for information on top Iranian leaders

US offers $10m reward for information on top Iranian leaders

The State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” program is offering $10 million for information on key Iranian leaders. (RewardsforJustice)
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  • New supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and other top officials are included in the list
  • Appeal says the individuals 'command and direct various elements of Iran’s IRGC
WASHINGTON: The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, including its new 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 military force, created after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, is loyal to the supreme leader and tasked with protecting the Shiite clerical establishment.

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 strikes, hasnt been seen publicly since, although he released his first statement on Thursday.

In addition to 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 in Khamenei’s office.

Larijani appeared Friday in videos verified by Reuters alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attending a rally in Tehran, despite an assertion by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Iran’s leadership was "cowering" underground.

The reward website also lists four other officials, including the IRGC commander and secretary of the defense council, but doesn’t include their names or photos.

“These individuals command and direct various elements of the IRGC, which plans, organizes, and executes terrorism around the world,” the State Department said.

The Revolutionary Guards could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday — the weekly day of rest in Iran. Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The US has designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization, accusing it of being responsible for attacks that have killed US citizens. Washington has also accused Iran of orchestrating assassination plots against President Donald Trump and other US officials in retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020.

Iran denies being a sponsor of terrorism. Iranian officials routinely dismiss US terrorism allegations as baseless political attacks, arguing Washington raises such claims to justify pressure campaigns or sanctions.




that means, invasion is coming
 

Who bombed Iran’s Minab elementary school?​

All evidence points to the US, but the White House isn’t admitting guilt
Published 12 Mar, 2026 21:21 | Updated 13 Mar, 2026 06:52
Mourners carry coffins of schoolgirls killed in a US-Israeli attack on an elementary school in Minab, Iran

Students killed in an Israel-US attack on a girls' primary school are laid to rest at a mass funeral ceremony in Minab, Hormozgan, Iran, March 3, 2026 © Getty Images
The US-Israeli war on Iran opened with massive strikes on urban centers, the assassination of the country’s supreme leader and his family, and the brutal slaying of more than 160 children at a girls’ elementary school in Minab. As more information about the bombing has come to light, discussion has shifted from whether the US carried out the atrocity, to how and why.

The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school came on the first day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, dubbed ‘Operation Epic Fury’ by the administration of US President Donald Trump and ‘Operation Lion’s Roar’ by the Jewish state.

Eyewitnesses have reported at least two missiles hitting the school in quick succession, leaving more than 170 people dead, almost all of whom were schoolgirls. Two missiles are believed to have hit empty warehouses adjacent to the school.









Video footage from the school showed scenes of devastation after the attack, as rescuers combed through the rubble and parents searched for their missing children.

The world looked on in horror as the initial footage was corroborated and heartbreaking images of child-sized graves being prepared were published. The UN declared that “a strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community.”

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The coffins of students killed in an Israel-US attack on a girls' primary school are seen during a mass funeral ceremony in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026 © Getty Images

What did the US and Israel say about the attack?​

American and Israeli officials immediately offered a conflicting mix of denials and explanations for the strike. Israeli ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman claimed on March 2 that the school “was actually used by [Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and other forces,” and that his sources indicated that the building was “not used at the time as a school but more as an IRGC and governmental building.”

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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Nadav Shoshani later said that his staff “checked multiple times and have found no connection between the IDF and whatever happened in that school.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt all insisted that the US does not target civilians. “I would caution you from pointing the finger at the United States of America when it comes to targeting civilians, because that’s not something that these armed forces do,” Leavitt told reporters on March 4, before accusing reporters of falling for Iranian “propaganda.”

Asked about the attack on March 7, Trump said that he believed it was “done by Iran…we think it was done by Iran, because they’re very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever.”

Hegseth did not back up Trump’s assertion, telling reporters that the Pentagon was investigating the incident. He did, however, insist that “the only side that targets civilians is Iran.”

How did Iran respond?​

Iran blamed the massacre on the US and Israel. Several top officials in Tehran referred to the bombing as a “war crime” and vowed to exact revenge. “Calling this a mere ‘war crime’ falls tragically short of capturing the sheer wickedness and depravity of such an atrocity,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on March 4.

Iranian ambassador to Belarus Alireza Sanei described the attack as a “ritual of child sacrifice” by the US and Israel.


The Iranian Foreign Ministry released harrowing photographs of hundreds of graves being prepared for the victims of the strike. “These are graves being dug for more than 160 innocent young girls who were killed in the US-Israeli bombing of a primary school,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X. “Their bodies were torn to shreds. This is how ‘rescue’ promised by Mr Trump looks in reality. From Gaza to Minab, innocents murdered in cold blood."

The Tomahawk video that changed everything​

Video footage published on March 8 and verified by multiple news agencies and analysts provided the most conclusive evidence that the US was responsible for the attack. In the footage, a cruise missile with a profile matching an American-made Tomahawk is seen striking a structure beside the school.









At the time of the impact, a cloud of smoke was already rising from the school itself, suggesting that the missile was at least the second of four to hit the area.

“Double-tap American #tomahawk missile that slaughtered 168 Iranian little angels in the city of #Minab,” Baqaei wrote in a post on X, sharing a video of the strike and photos of missile debris containing American-made components. “An unforgivable egregious WAR CRIME that must not go with impunity.”


Asked about the video, Trump doubled down on his outright denial and claims of Iranian involvement, alleging that Tomahawks missiles are “sold and used by other counties,” and that Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

“But whether it’s Iran or somebody else… the fact that a Tomahawk is very generic, it’s sold to other countries, but that’s being investigated right now,” he continued.

The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile entered service in 1983, three years after the US cut off relations with Iran in the wake of the Islamic Revolution. It is operated exclusively by the US and a handful of American allies: Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, and the UK.

What did the New York Times reveal about the investigation into the strike?​

Pentagon investigators have already confirmed that the US carried out the attack, the New York Times reported on March 11, citing unnamed military officials. The school was built on the site of a former IRGC facility, and investigators reportedly believe that officers at US Central Command relied on “outdated targeting data” from the Defense Intelligence Agency that still classified the school building as part of a military compound, even though it had been converted into a school over a decade ago.

Rubble and debris visible at the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, Iran, after it was destroyed in an apparent US missile strike

A view of the destroyed Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, Iran, March 5, 2026 © Getty Images
The site bore clear signs of civilian use, including a sports field, children’s murals and brightly painted walls, which were visible on satellite images taken almost a decade ago. The school also had a website, which was active at the time of the bombing.

The White House has still not admitted guilt. “As The New York Times acknowledges in its own reporting, the investigation is still ongoing,” Leavitt said in a statement.

Did AI choose the Minab school as a target?​

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The Pentagon uses Claude, a large language model created by AI firm Anthropic, to identify and analyze potential targets for military strikes. This collaboration has been the subject of extreme controversy, with Trump canceling government contracts with Anthropic in February over the company’s refusal to allow Claude’s use in mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. Anthropic’s contract with the Pentagon will not expire until September.

According to the Times, investigators believe it is “unlikely” that Claude was involved in the attack on the school. Instead, they believe that the strike was the result of human error.

Claude reportedly played a key role in planning and conducting the US raid targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January, and in some of the initial US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.

What has Russia said about the atrocity at the Minab girls school?​

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova condemned the atrocity outright, accusing the US and Israel of “cruelty, cynicism, and dehumanization.” The attack was “irresponsible and reckless,” she insisted, calling the incident a violation of international and humanitarian law.

At the UN Security Council, Russia abstained from a motion condemning Iran’s strikes on US bases in Gulf states, as it made no mention of the Minab attack. According to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, the motion made it seem as if “Tehran, on its own volition, and out of malice, conducted an unprovoked attack on Arab states.”

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How have US allies reacted to the atrocity?​

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has taken a significant step away from Trump, her erstwhile political ally, declaring solidarity with the victims of the “massacre.” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has used the same term in his condemnation of the incident.

They are the only EU state leaders to condemn the incident. Neither European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen nor foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has made any public comment on the tragedy.


 
Hate to say it, but Iran’s only option at this point is to do Saddam 1990 and begin hitting every oil and natural gas installation in the Middle East including Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia.

The only way to stop this war is to cause an economic meltdown.

If U.S. forces land and take Iran’s oil export capacity the country will die slowly due to fuel crisis. It might be too late by then to take out the enemies energy reliance.
 
According to ABC News reports, due to the ongoing conflict with Iran, the 2,500 Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, along with the USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, have been ordered to the Middle East.
USS Tripoli Amphibious Assault Ship (LHA-7) USS San Diego Amphibious Dock Landing Ship (LPD-22)
USS New Orleans Amphibious Dock Landing Ship (LPD-18)
Approximately 20 F-35B Lightning II fighter jetsLHA-7 and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are stationed in Sasebo and Okinawa, Japan
 
Actually, J.D Vance has been opposed to this war as does Tulsi Gabbard. But traditionally, the VP doesn't dissent with his/her President, even if rare exceptions happened. All those who make to the White House / Cabinet are, above all, careerists. They often rise from the State politics, make it to being Congressmen, then to the Cabinet and then to the Presidency itself, which is the pinnacle of achievement. So they low, quiet as they climb the ladder.
BUT... and this point I have said many times in the Gaza-Israel war, there are considerable differences in the policies of a POTUS due to personal biases and those biases all too often, all too increasingly are becoming America's foreign policy. Trump is very much opposite of President Obama even in his first term when it came to the Middle East. And in his second term, he has surpassed even Biden in the cruelty shown to the Middle East.

This war would not have happened if Harris was the President. She was even more neutral on the Middle East then Vance is now. And so I repeat this: If today Trump has a heart attack and Vance becomes the POTUS, this war, at least the America involvement, will be very different.


JD Vance is backed by Peter Till, CEO of Palantir. That was his mentor and tutor during JD Vance early days that says a lot about JD Vance politics.

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Italy , withdraws their Troops from Middle East

Declaring Zionist War is not theirs , following foot steps of other Catholic Christian state like Spain , who also decided to not be involved


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10,000% Interception rate by Saudi Arabia
 

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