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

Iran's military announced on Sunday a bounty equivalent to $30,000 for killing or capturing US soldiers, with the reward doubled if carried out by a woman. Army chief Amir Hatami said the plan followed 'a large number of requests' to participate, according to the state-run IRNA news agency, as reported by The Hindu and New Indian Express.

Hatami did not specify where or when such acts were expected. He repeated Iran's demand that the US leave West Asia and said US forces no longer have permission to enter the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz. The war between Tehran and Washington began on February 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran.

No US ground forces are known to have entered Iran during the conflict except for an April rescue mission for a downed airman. The April ceasefire collapsed, and fighting continues sporadically. The US has lost 17 military personnel since the war began, all killed outside Iran.