- US targets 10 officials linked to Iran's IRGC.
- Mojtaba is probably injured and has not been seen in public since the attacks.
- Iran denies the US terrorism accusations and considers them unfounded.
The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on senior Iranian military and intelligence officials, including its new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mokhtaba Khamenei.
The reward is directed to 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 clerical establishment.
Mojtaba recently succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, as Iran's supreme leader after the elder Khamenei was killed along with several other senior Iranian officials in joint US-Israeli strikes that began on February 28.
The younger Khamenei, who is believed to have been wounded in the attacks, has not been seen publicly since, although he issued his first statement on Thursday.
In addition to the supreme leader, the United States is seeking information on Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and two officials in Khamenei's office.
Larijani appeared on Friday in videos verified by Reuters along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attended a rally in Tehran, despite a claim by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Iran's leadership was “hiding” underground.
The rewards website also lists four other officials, including the commander of the IRGC and the secretary of the defense council, but does not include their names or photographs.
“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 immediately be reached for comment on Friday, Iran's weekly day of rest. Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The United States has designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization, accusing it of being responsible for attacks that have killed American citizens. Washington 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 U.S. terrorism accusations as baseless political attacks, arguing that Washington raises such claims to justify pressure campaigns or sanctions.
