Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna has strongly condemned Washington’s so-called Rewards for Justice programme, describing it as an attempt to recruit accomplices for assassinations, criminal acts, and further aggression.

In a post on X on Saturday, the Iranian mission wrote: “The US new so-called REWARD FOR JUSTICE is actually recruiting ACCOMPLICE FOR CRIME.”

It pointed to the record of Washington and the Israeli regime, including the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, repeated acts of sabotage against Iran’s nuclear facilities and aerial bombardments of those sites.

“Any state, government entity, international organization, including the IAEA, or non-state actor that provides information facilitating the commission of such crimes is subject to international legal responsibility,” the mission warned.

The mission further stressed that individuals knowingly assisting or facilitating such “atrocities”, whether directly or indirectly, could face individual criminal liability alongside those who carry them out.

“A bounty neither erases complicity nor brings immunity. ACCOUNTABILITY will follow,” the statement continued.

The mission ended its post with a tribute to the scientists assassinated in the attacks, declaring: “Our martyred scientists are our witnesses.”

The mission’s post also included a graphic naming 18 Iranian scientists martyred during the US-Israeli aggressions or in terrorist attacks.

The condemnation followed Washington’s announcement on Saturday of a reward of up to $20 million for information concerning Iran’s nuclear facilities, equipment, scientific personnel and their movements.

The announcement has also raised questions about President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that US strikes had completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme, including his claim that American forces had “obliterated” the facilities.

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On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a large-scale military assault on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, military installations, senior commanders and nuclear scientists.

The US joined the aggression overnight on June 21-22, bombing the nuclear facilities in central Iran in Isfahan Province.

Iran responded to the 2025 attacks with drone and missile strikes against Israel and, on June 23, targeted the US al-Udeid airbase in Qatar.

On February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched a second major military assault on Iran while indirect nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington were still underway.

Following the February 2026 aggression, Iran launched missile and drone attacks against Israel and US military installations in the region, inflicting significant damage to US and Israeli assets.