Investing.com -- The United States Department of State announced a reward of up to $10 million for information on key leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its component branches through its Rewards for Justice program.

The reward targets individuals who command and direct various elements of the IRGC, which the US government says plans, organizes, and executes terrorism around the world. The IRGC, part of Iran’s official military, plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft, according to the State Department.

The IRGC has created, supported, and directed other terrorist groups and is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and US facilities, including those that have killed US citizens, the announcement stated. Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy and now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.

On April 15, 2019, the US Department of State designated the IRGC, including the IRGC-Qods Force, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In 2017, the US Department of the Treasury designated the IRGC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for its activities in support of the IRGC-QF.

As a result of these designations, all of the IRGC’s property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction are blocked, and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the IRGC. It is a crime to knowingly provide, or to attempt or conspire to provide, material support or resources to the IRGC.

The reward offer seeks information on several individuals, including Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Asghar Hejazi, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, Ali Larijani, Brig. Gen. Eskandar Momeni, and Esmail Khatib, among others holding positions within the Supreme Leader Office, the Supreme National Security Council, and various ministerial roles.

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