Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers

Iranian Army chief Amir Hatami announced the $30,000 bounty to capture a US soldiers, saying that the plan had been drawn up after a "large number of requests" to participate, with the reward doubled if carried out by a woman. Hatami did not provide any details on where or when the killing or capturing of US soldiers was expected to take place. "Anyone who kills or captures and hands over an invading American military personnel will receive a reward equivalent to $30,000 or 5 billion tomans from the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army," Hatami said, using an informal unit equivalent to 10,000 Iranian rials. "Courageous Iranian women who carry out such an action will receive double the reward," he added.
Hatami repeated Iran's call for the US to leave the Middle East, and said "they no longer have permission to enter the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz".He declared that the US' claims about their military power had been exposed during its war with Iran. Hatami backed his country's call for the US to withdraw from the Middle East, saying "they no longer have permission to enter the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz".
The declaration comes at a time when a 60-day deadline under the US-Iran Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, signed on June 17, nears. Under the agreement, Iran and the US had agreed to a temporary ceasefire and continue talks for a permanent solution, after fighting for 40 days since February 28. However, the ceasefire has remained fragile, and talks have not progressed since. The countries have instead exchanged sporadic fires, with fighting mainly centred in southern Iran and around the Strait of Hormuz.
The number of US military personnel killed since the start of the war stands at 17, with the most recent deaths in July. They have all been killed outside of Iran, in countries including Jordan and Iraq.