US offers $20m reward for information on Iran’s nuclear program
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Abdullateef Fowewe
The United States Central Command has disclosed that the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a substantial bounty for intelligence related to Iran’s nuclear activities.
In a post on X, CENTCOM stated, “Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above.”
The program is seeking details that could help disrupt or monitor the effort.
Tips can be submitted through secure channels listed on the Rewards for Justice website, including encrypted messaging apps and a Tor-based tip line.
Successful informants may also qualify for relocation assistance.
According to the official Rewards for Justice notice, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported in 2025 that Iran was enriching uranium to 60 percent purity — a level considered a short technical step from the roughly 90 percent required for a nuclear weapon.
Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state known to have produced uranium at such a high enrichment level.
The agency has also lost “continuity of knowledge” over Iran’s production and inventory of key components such as centrifuges due to the country’s lack of compliance with safeguards obligations.
The announcement comes amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions.
U.S. officials have previously claimed that military strikes significantly damaged or “obliterated” elements of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
President Donald Trump has said Tehran “wants to make a deal very badly,” while diplomatic efforts involving mediators such as Qatar continue.
The reward reflects ongoing U.S. efforts to gather actionable intelligence on the program despite those developments.
Rewards for Justice, established in 1984, has historically paid out hundreds of millions of dollars for information that advances U.S. national security interests, primarily focused on terrorism and related threats.
