U.S. Rewards for Justice offers up to $20 million for intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security-managed Rewards for Justice program announced a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation assistance for tipsters in exchange for intelligence related to Iran’s nuclear program. The intelligence scope includes nuclear facilities, equipment, related personnel (including researchers), and their movements.
The program said on its official page and in an X post on November 6 that the U.S. government remains committed to countering any attempt by Iran to develop a nuclear weapons program, and called for tips to be submitted through Signal or Tor reporting channels. The page also cited the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s 2025 report as saying that Iran has enriched uranium to 60% purity, only one step away from the 90% weapons-grade level, and that it is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to have reached that level; experts estimate that further enrichment would be sufficient to produce multiple nuclear weapons. It also said that Iran has not complied with its IAEA safeguards obligations, causing the agency to lose the “continuity of knowledge” over the production and inventory of key components such as centrifuges.
This reward does not name any specific individual or facility. Since its establishment in 1984, Rewards for Justice has paid more than $250 million in rewards to more than 125 people.
Original source:
Title: Iran Nuclear Program – Rewards For Justice Publisher: U.S. Department of State / Rewards for Justice Publication date: unknown (page currently active, related X post 2026-11-06) URL: https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/iran-nuclear-program/ Nature of source: official announcement Verification status: the full official page was read for this report, verification date 2026-11-06 Supporting content: supports all core facts in the body, including the reward amount, possible relocation, the scope of intelligence sought, and the IAEA background description
ABAB AI Insight
Rewards for Justice is managed by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and has since 1984 offered public rewards for terrorism and national security threats. The program has previously issued rewards for Iran-related targets, including rewards for members of the IRGC financial network, employees of missile procurement companies, and senior commanders, with amounts ranging from $10 million to $15 million, and it often includes possible relocation assistance. This $20 million reward targeting the nuclear program covers facilities, equipment, researchers, and their movements, without naming specific individuals, making it a broad solicitation.
In terms of capital and intelligence channels, the reward funds come from U.S. government appropriations and are intended to motivate insiders or knowledgeable individuals to provide actionable information through encrypted channels. The IAEA’s 2025 report shows that Iran has enriched uranium to 60%, and that incomplete safeguards oversight has caused a loss of continuity of knowledge over centrifuge inventories. The U.S. views this as a technical step close to weaponization, and the reward is paired with that assessment in an attempt to make up for gaps in official monitoring.
Compared with earlier rewards aimed at the IRGC financial network or specific commanders, this one is broader in scope and higher in amount, focusing on the core nuclear program rather than peripheral proxies or financial flows. The similarities are that both use public X posts and official pages and offer relocation options; the key difference is that this case explicitly cites IAEA data as background and includes researchers among the targets, rather than limiting itself to military or financial personnel.
For the United States, this measure extends intelligence gathering from reliance on satellites, allied sharing, or IAEA reports to publicly incentivized internal leaks, which may accelerate the acquisition of information on facility movements and personnel networks. For Iran’s nuclear program, the public reward increases the exposure risk for researchers and operators, making personnel movements and equipment transfers easier to track, provided the quality of the tips is sufficient to be turned into actionable intelligence rather than remaining only a public appeal.
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The reward of up to $20 million, paired with relocation options, turns insiders with knowledge into a publicly incentivized source of intelligence.
The scope covers researchers and equipment movements rather than only facility locations, broadening the potential leak surface.
Citing IAEA 60% enrichment data as background directly ties the reward to the assessment that the program is technically close to weapons grade.