The United States announced a reward of $ 15 million for information about the money of Iranian military

The United States launches the first -a -kind program for providing remuneration for information about the sources and financing schemes of the elite units of the Iranian armed forces - the Corps of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (KSIR) and its Al -KudS special forces units. This was announced at a briefing on September 4 by the US Special Supervisor for Iran Brian Hook (broadcasting was carried out on the State Department page on Facebook).

“This is the first time when the United States is offering a reward for information that will undermine the financial operations of a state institution. We took such a step because the Federal Antimonopoly Service acts to a greater extent as a terrorist organization, rather than the government,” said Hook.

As stated on the website of the rewarding program, the Xirir and Al-KudS financed a large number of terrorist attacks around the world. Washington is ready to pay for information about the sources of the income of these units (illegal financial schemes, including income from the sale of oil), information about companies related to Xirir and Al-KudS, about companies that help them avoid international sanctions. The United States is also interested in the mechanisms of transferring funds to those whom the Iranian units support, reports RBC .

The KSIR, formed in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution, on April 15, 2019, the United States was reckoned with terrorist organizations.

"From the moment of its founding 40 years ago, the XIR has been involved in terrorist conspiracies and supports terrorism around the world. CSIR is responsible for numerous attacks on Americans and American facilities, which were killed by US citizens. KSIR supported attacks on military personnel and employees of the US diplomatic missions and their allies in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, this group captured this group. illegally held a number of US citizens, many of which are still captured in Iran today, ”the United States authorities say.

And the special purpose forces Al-KudS, according to Washington, "plan terrorist activities around the world, in particular, in countries such as Germany, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain, Turkey and the USA."

On Wednesday, the United States also expanded the list of Iranian and related persons and companies in respect of which sanctions are imposed. The sanctions were an extensive network of firms, ships and private individuals allegedly controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guardians, who supplied Syria for tens of millions of dollars. Among those who fell under the sanctions, the former Minister of Oil Iran Rustam Kasemi and his son, the US Department of Finance said . In total, 16 companies, nine individuals and six tankers were included in the list.

The US Ministry of Finance noted that only in the spring of 2019 almost 10 million barrels of raw Iranian oil were sold with the CSR. For this, more than ten tankers were involved, and the main buyer of oil was the regime of President Bashar al -Assad in Syria.

After announcements by the United States, the Iranian authorities also intend to make a statement, reports Reuters with reference to the Al -alam TV channel. Tehran intends to further reduce his obligations under the Iranian nuclear program.