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
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.
This is a developing story.
