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Iran's army chief offers $30,000 for killing or capturing a U.S. soldier

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Local time
6:27 PM in Tehran
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Tehran, Iran

Army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami said at a ceremony in Tehran that anyone who kills or captures and hands over 'an invading American military personnel' will receive the equivalent of $30,000, or 5 billion tomans, doubled if the act is carried out by a woman. He also said U.S. forces will not be allowed back into the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz, calling control of the strait a 'sacred' lever for ending the war.

Why it matters

No U.S. ground forces are known to be deployed in Iran apart from an April rescue mission, and all U.S. troops killed in the war died outside Iran, so the bounty is chiefly a warning.

Sources (6)

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Correction

  • Corrected the time from 2:00 PM Tehran time, Aug 16, 2026 to 6:27 PM Tehran time, Aug 16, 2026; revised the summary; revised the context note; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("Iran's army chief says U.S. forces will not be allowed back into the Gulf"); added 3 sources: CBS News, CNN; corrected the publication date of Islamic Republic News Agency from 2026-08-16 to 2026-08-16; removed an unverified publication date from Islamic Republic News Agency (2026-08-16). Why and evidence