US Offers $10 Million Reward For Info On Mojtaba Khamenei, Other Top Iranian Officials

Last Updated:March 14, 2026, 00:37 IST

Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib and national security chief Ali Larijani were among the ten individuals on the list.

The US State Department offered a $10 million reward on Friday for information about Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei and other top officials, after saying that the top Iranian leadership had gone underground.

Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, Minister of Intelligence and Security Esmail Khatib and Supreme Security Council chief Ali Larijani were among the ten individuals on the list, along with an advisor to the Supreme Leader and the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

“These individuals command and direct various elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which plans, organizes and executes terrorism around the world," the State Department said.

The department urged tipsters to send information via Tor or Signal and said “your information could make you eligible for relocation and a reward." The “Rewards for Justice" programme offers cash for intelligence leading to the capture or prosecution of wanted individuals.

Mojtaba Khamenei’s father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a bombing on February 28 at the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Mojtaba is himself reported to be injured and hasn’t been seen in public ever since, as a statement reportedly written by him was read out by the state media on March 13.

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US Says Iranian Leaders ‘Hiding’

Earlier, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Iranian leadership was “desperate and hiding". During a briefing, he said Iran’s leadership were not in good shape.

“Desperate and hiding, they have gone underground, cowering. That’s what rats do," he added. “We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one actually, but there was no voice and there was no video."

“Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders, why a written statement? I think you know why. His father, dead. He’s scared, he’s injured, he’s on the run and he lacks legitimacy. It’s a mess for them," he continued.

However, Hegseth’s statements were contrary to visuals from Tehran, where Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and other top officials were seen among the crowd in the streets during the Al Quds day march to express solidarity with Palestinians.

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