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Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and all its various branches, including the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). The IRGC has financed numerous terrorist attacks and activities globally. The IRGC-QF leads Iran’s terrorist operations outside Iran via its proxies, such as Hamas, Hizballah, and Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq.
The U.S. Department of State is offering rewards for information on the sources of revenue for the IRGC, IRGC-QF, its branches or its key financial facilitation mechanisms, to include:
- IRGC illicit financial schemes, including oil-for-money;
- Front companies engaged in international activity on the IRGC’s behalf;
- Entities or individuals assisting the IRGC in evading U.S. and international sanctions;
- Formal financial institutions doing business with the IRGC;
- How the IRGC is transferring funds and materials to its terrorist and militia proxies and partners;
- IRGC donors or financial facilitators;
- Financial institutions or exchange houses facilitating IRGC transactions;
- Businesses or investments owned or controlled by IRGC or its financiers;
- Front companies engaged in international procurement of dual-use technology on behalf of IRGC; and
- Criminal schemes involving IRGC members and supporters, which are financially benefiting the organization.
Founded in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution, the IRGC is a branch of the Iranian military. Through its Qods Force, the IRGC plays the greatest role among Iran’s actors in directing and carrying out the regime’s global terrorist campaign.
The IRGC has been involved in terrorist plots and supports terrorism worldwide. The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities including those that have killed U.S. citizens. The IRGC has supported attacks against U.S. and allied troops and diplomatic missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Additionally, the IRGC has taken hostages and wrongfully detained numerous U.S. persons, many of whom remain in captivity in Iran today.
The IRGC–QF has planned numerous significant terrorist activities around the world, in countries such as Bahrain, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Germany, Kenya, Turkey, and the United States.
On April 15, 2019, the Department of State designated the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. In 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated the IRGC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for its activities in support of the IRGC-QF. As a result, all of the IRGC’s property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the IRGC. It is a crime to knowingly provide, or to attempt or conspire to provide, material support or resources to the IRGC.
