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US Offers $20m Reward for Iran Nuclear SecretsWorld
Washington is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear programme, including its facilities, equipment and the scientists involved.
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The United States is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear programme, the US military said on Friday, as President Donald Trump reiterated that Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war.
US Central Command said on X that the State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme was offering the reward for information about Iran’s nuclear programme, including its facilities, equipment and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of them.
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The programme was established in 1984 under the State Department’s national security rewards programme to offer money for information that protects American lives and interests. It typically offers large payments for information used to track down terrorists and cut off terrorist financing, and it is unusual for the United States to attach a reward to information on Iran’s nuclear programme.
In its statement about the reward, the State Department said Iran’s lack of compliance with its safeguards obligations to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had led to the agency’s loss of continuity of knowledge regarding Iran’s production and inventory of key components like centrifuges. The IAEA reported in 2025 that Iran was enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity, close to the level needed for a nuclear weapon.
The offer gave no specific parameters on what information would yield the full $20 million reward, and the programme’s website lists messaging apps including Telegram and Signal, as well as the Tor browser, as channels for submitting tips. The identity of sources is kept confidential, and payment is not automatic — information must be assessed by relevant US agencies before any reward is approved.
Trump has repeatedly said US forces have effectively obliterated Iran’s nuclear programme. Speaking on Friday night in West Palm Beach, Florida, he said: “If we didn’t hit Iran, you wouldn’t have Israel today. If they had nuclear, they would have used nuclear. They would have obliterated the Middle East.”
But the president also said Iran, which he stressed has had its economy and military severely damaged over eight months of war, is eager to end the conflict. “We’re dealing with them now. They want to make a deal very badly,” he said.
Diplomatic efforts by mediators have been in full swing in an attempt to prevent any resumption of fighting, and on Tuesday Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government was still trying to resolve the crisis through dialogue. Earlier this week Trump said he still had to take care of one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site in central Iran which Tehran denies is such a facility.
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