The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information that would lead to the identification of entities or individuals involved in oil sales conducted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Farsi-language Rewards for Justice X/Twitter account shared on Monday.
"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) generates revenue for its terrorist activities through various illegal activities, including the sale and transfer of Iranian oil, which is sanctioned," says the graphic shared by the official US government account.
"If you have information about the IRGC's oil transfers, tankers, or entities associated with such illegal activities, please contact us. Your information could qualify you for a reward or transfer," the post read.
Alongside the image, the Rewards for Justice account also explained that "the IRGC targets the people of Iran in their own homeland and others abroad with its violence," while pleading, "Help us stop this terrorist group."
US Treasury sanctions additional Islamic Regime, IRGC
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a fresh round of sanctions on Saturday against Iranian-linked vessels and entities, adding a total of nine vessels and the companies that owned them to its list.
"OFAC is targeting nine vessels from the shadow fleet, along with their owners or related management companies, which have collectively transferred hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian oil and petrochemical products to foreign markets," read a statement released by the US State Department's Farsi-language account.
The US also issued sanctions on January 15 against five Iranian officials it accused of being behind the crackdown on protests and warned it was tracking regime leaders' funds being wired to banks around the world.
In a statement regarding the sanctions, the US Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security as well as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and law enforcement forces commanders, accusing them of being architects of the crackdown.
Last November, the US targeted a network of front companies and shipping facilitators that bankroll the Iranian armed forces by selling crude oil.
“Today’s action continues Treasury’s campaign to cut off funding for the Iranian regime’s development of nuclear weapons and support of terrorist proxies,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the time. “Disrupting the Iranian regime’s revenue is critical to helping curb its nuclear ambitions.”
Reuters and The Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.