The United States is offering a reward of up to $20 million, along with possible relocation, for information about Iran's nuclear programme, the US military announced on Friday 6 November.

US Central Command said in a post on X that the State Department's Rewards for Justice programme was seeking details about Iran's nuclear facilities, equipment and associated personnel, including people in the scientific community, and the movement of any of them. The programme did not say what kind of information would qualify for the full $20 million.

Rewards for Justice was founded in 1984 under the State Department's national security rewards programme. It pays for information that protects American lives and interests, and has usually been used to track down terrorists and cut off terrorist financing. Attaching a reward to information about a country's nuclear programme is unusual.

IAEA has lost track of key material

The reward page says the International Atomic Energy Agency has lost "continuity of knowledge" over Iran's production and inventory of key components, including centrifuges, because Tehran has not complied with its safeguards obligations. The agency reported in 2025 that Iran was enriching uranium to 60 per cent purity, far above the level needed for civilian power generation and close to the roughly 90 per cent level associated with weapons-grade material.

Tips can be submitted through messaging apps including Telegram and Signal, as well as the Tor browser, according to the programme's page.

Trump says Tehran wants a deal

The announcement came as President Donald Trump again claimed that Tehran was keen to negotiate an end to the conflict, and that US forces had dismantled much of Iran's nuclear programme. Diplomatic efforts involving mediators continue, but no agreement has been announced and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to most shipping.