OddsFrontUS offers up to $20 million for tips on Iran’s nuclear program as strike decision looms
Central Command said Washington will pay up to $20 million, with possible relocation, for information on Iran’s nuclear sites and personnel, while Trump weighs whether to resume strikes.
The United States is offering up to $20 million, plus possible relocation, to anyone who can provide information on Iran’s nuclear program, US Central Command announced on Friday in a post on X.
According to Al-Monitor, the money comes through the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program. The command said the information could concern Iranian facilities, equipment and associated personnel, including people in the scientific community. Fox News reported that the department also named nuclear scientists, staff, technologies and related organizations as targets, and invited tips through Signal or a Tor-based line.
Why Washington says it needs the information
In its statement, the State Department argued that Iran’s failure to meet its safeguards obligations to the International Atomic Energy Agency had left the agency without “continuity of knowledge” about Iran’s output and stocks of key components such as centrifuges, Al-Monitor reported. The department said Washington remains committed to countering any Iranian attempt to build nuclear weapons. It did not spell out what kind of information would qualify for the full $20 million.
Strike decision hangs over talks
The announcement came as President Donald Trump weighs resuming military action. Fox News said he met his national security team on Thursday, having earlier promised to hold off until after the midterm elections. He told reporters Washington would “make a decision” and said he would rather not destroy the rest of the country, “but maybe I will have to.”
Senior US officials told Fox News that November 9 brings a new moon over the Middle East, leaving almost no moonlight, which is a condition suited to military operations. A US official cited in reports said Central Command is finalizing preparations for a possible return to major operations, though no fresh order has come from Washington.
Mixed signals from both sides
Speaking in West Palm Beach on Friday night, Trump said Iran’s economy and military had been badly damaged over eight months of war and that Tehran “wants to make a deal very badly,” according to Al-Monitor. He also argued that Israel would not exist today had the US not struck Iran. Earlier in the week he said one or two targets still needed to be dealt with, among them the site known as Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran, which Tehran denies is a nuclear facility.
Mediators have been working intensively to head off renewed fighting. On Tuesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government was still trying to settle the crisis through dialogue, Al-Monitor reported.
It remains unclear whether the reward will produce usable intelligence and whether Trump will order new strikes or give the negotiations more time.