A $30,000 reward for captured or killed United States service members has been announced by Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) revealed in a Sunday post on X/Twitter.
The reward will reportedly be granted to any Iranian soldier from “the Iranian people.”
The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army: With public participation, any Iranian force that captures or kills a American aggressor will receive a $30,000 reward from the Iranian people.
— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) August 16, 2026
“Given the large volume of requests to participate in the financial jihad, a plan was prepared according to which, for every person who kills or captures and hands over an American aggressor force, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, with the support of the loved ones participating in the financial jihad and under its own guarantee, will receive a gift equivalent to $30,000 or 5 billion Tomans. Zealous Iranian women who succeed in this action will also receive double the reward,” Hatami stated.
“The weapon of any person who succeeds in killing an American aggressor will be purchased at double the price and will receive a new weapon. The individual’s weapon will also be kept in a planned museum,” he added.
“The Americans made many claims about their military power, and through this, they had received a lot of ransoms and money, but the war with Iran broke that hegemony. America no longer has the authority it once had, and the sign of this is the movement of countries towards other paths to generate security for themselves,” Hatami said.
“The claims of the Zionist regime and the expression of its dreams are also, of course, effective in this direction because countries realized that they must think about their own security and cannot trust America,” he added.
Iranian general denounces Trump’s Hormuz ‘US territory’ statements
Hatami also denounced US President Donald Trump’s statements that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz as a “territory of the United States” after Iran is defeated.
“The delusional US president is trying hard to create a winning image of himself. But today, few people in the world take him seriously. The image that the Western media itself is broadcasting of America today is the image of a loser. The image of someone who hides in a food truck out of fear and leaves other members of the government and journalists on a plane that the US Secret Service claims was under threat is the image of a big loser,” Hatami added, referencing the Secret Service smuggling Trump onto a different plane after leaving the NATO summit in Turkey in July.
He also threatened US bases in the Middle East. “Everyone should know that in no way can the American bases return to their previous status, and Iran will never allow centers to be established in our neighborhood that aim to threaten Islamic Iran. The only way is for the Americans to leave the region. They have been effectively expelled and are no longer permitted to enter the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz. We have won on this path and are consolidating our victory,” he stated.
