If you’ve been watching the back-and-forth between the US and Iran over the past few weeks, here’s the latest move. Washington is now putting money on the table – a lot of it – for anyone with information on Iran’s nuclear program.
For people living in Kuwait, this isn’t a distant headline. We’re close enough to the Gulf flashpoints that every step in this standoff gets noticed here, from fuel prices to flight paths to the general mood. This latest announcement adds another layer to a story we’ve been following closely since early November.
- The US State Department is offering up to $20 million, plus possible resettlement, for information on Iran’s nuclear program.
- The reward covers facilities, equipment, scientists, and the movement of people or materials linked to the program.
- It comes through the ‘Rewards for Justice’ programme, run by the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
- The announcement leans on 2025 findings from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, the UN’s nuclear watchdog) about Iran’s uranium enrichment.
What exactly is the US offering?
The State Department says it will pay up to $20 million for information that helps it understand Iran’s nuclear program. That includes details on where facilities are, what equipment is used, and who works there – scientists included.
The reward also covers tips on the movement of any of these elements, meaning people, parts or materials connected to the programme. Alongside the cash, the US is offering the possibility of resettlement for people who come forward with useful information. That detail matters – it suggests the US expects informants, if they exist, may need protection.
This comes from ‘Rewards for Justice’, a long-running US programme that pays for information tied to American national security. It’s managed by the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, the same office that handles other high-value reward offers around the world.
Why now? What does the IAEA say?
The announcement points to the IAEA’s own 2025 findings as the backdrop. According to the agency, Iran has been enriching uranium to 60% purity. That’s a technical detail worth unpacking: weapons-grade uranium sits at around 90% purity, so 60% is described as a short step away from that threshold.
Iran is, according to the source material, the only country without nuclear weapons that enriches uranium to this level. Experts quoted in the announcement estimate that if Iran pushed its current stockpile further, it could have enough material for several nuclear weapons.
There’s a second problem the IAEA has flagged: it says it has lost what it calls
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