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Who are Iran’s new leaders? A look at 6 the US placed a bounty on – 2 of whom are already dead
The U.S. offers a $10 million reward to capture senior Iranian leaders amid a US-Israeli campaign that killed several high-ranking officials in March 2026.
- The US$10 million reward was announced by the Trump administration on Friday for information leading to the capture of senior Iranian figures, amid strikes targeting Iran's leadership.
- This initiative targets Iran's elite political and security leadership, disrupted after key figures like former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and national security chief Ali Larijani were recently killed.
- Following the death of his father, the new Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei faces significant internal instability, with lethal responses to early 2026 unrest resulting in an estimated 7,000 to 30,000 deaths.
- High-Level casualties continue to mount, with the death of Seyyed Esmail Khatib on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, and Larijani on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, following the 12-day war in June 2025.
- Iran's state apparatus remains mobilized in a fight for survival as the current crisis challenges the regime's 47-year history and governance ability.
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Who are Iran’s new leaders? A look at 6 the US placed a bounty on – 2 of whom are already dead
by Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Missouri University of Science and Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Trump administration announced a US$10 million reward on March 15, 2026, for information leading to the capture of several senior Iranian figures. While two of these leaders have since been killed by Israeli strikes, they are included here to provide a more complete picture of Iran’s powerful el…
Several targets were senior army officers, directly involved in the major strategic decisions of this war.
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