The U.S. Department of State on March 19 posted a $15 million bounty through the Rewards for Justice program, calling for information that would assist with the disruption of dual-use technology supply lines from China to Iran.
The State Department specified that the desired information should be instrumental in derailing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) “financial mechanisms” that enable terrorist attacks through proscribed proxy militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
This development follows the multinational exercise “Maritime Security Belt-2025” on March 9, during which Iran hosted Russia and China in the Gulf of Oman; President Donald Trump’s March 7 announcement that he had sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei regarding nuclear talks; and Iran’s decision to instead engage in nuclear discussions with Russia and China on March 14, as reported by Reuters….