Washington offers a $20 million reward for anyone who provides information about the “Iranian nuclear program”

The United States announced a reward of $20 million for anyone providing information about the Iranian nuclear program, according to the US military, despite President Donald Trump repeatedly claiming to eliminate this program.

The US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement published on the X platform that the US State Department’s “Rewards for Justice” program “is offering a reward of up to $20 million, with the possibility of repatriation, in exchange for information about the Iranian nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and individuals associated with it, such as those working in the scientific community.”

Diplomatic moves have intensified to contain tension between the United States and Iran, which are exchanging messages regarding proposals and conditions related to negotiation, amid a tone from both sides of a military threat if an agreement is not reached.

US President Donald Trump discussed with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in a phone call yesterday, efforts to reduce escalation and adopt diplomatic means to settle disputes, noting that Doha is currently assuming the role of the primary mediator after the decline of the Pakistani mediation role.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi also discussed with his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, yesterday the same diplomatic efforts, after he had discussed them, on Thursday, with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Turkey and Jordan. Despite American indications of progress in communications, Washington is still waving the military option, and Trump stressed that his party's losses in the congressional elections will not affect his plans related to Iran, stressing that American forces are in a state of full readiness. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary Guard announced yesterday that it shot down an American MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island. He added that two oil tankers caught fire after they collided with mines while trying to cross an unauthorized route from Tehran. Israeli President Isaac Herzog was subjected to a wave of severe criticism from the “Change Camp” led by Gadi Eisenkot, after he announced the postponement of the task of forming the government until tomorrow, justifying his position by seeking to see a stable government capable of confronting external and internal challenges, while sources close to him revealed that he is afraid of the reactions of the ruling right, which refuses to recognize the results of the elections and may resort to spreading chaos and violence to prevent these results from becoming reality. Eisenkot's camp objects on the grounds that Herzog's consultations with the parties showed that Eisenkot obtained the recommendations of a majority of 67 Knesset members, compared to 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu, and that he is therefore the preferred candidate to obtain the assignment. However, Herzog saw, as he stated, that “the results of the consultations seem clear, but the authority vested in me under the law is to verify the ability to form a government, and this ability is not completely clear in light of the mutual rejection between and within the two camps.”