The United States has offered rewards of up to 10 million U.S. dollars for information on top Iranian military commanders, as Washington intensifies pressure on Tehran.
According to a statement on the U.S. State Department's website released on Monday, the bounty targets five individuals, including Ahmad Vahidi, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Ali Abdollahi, commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's top operational and joint military command headquarters.
The latest U.S. reward list now includes 14 figures.
In March, the U.S. offered a bounty for information on Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and other senior Iranian political and military officials.
Chief Commander of the Iranian Army Amir Hatami announced in mid-August that any Iranian who captures or kills a U.S. "aggressor" would receive a 30,000-U.S.-dollar reward from the "Iranian people."
US offers millions reward for info on Iranian commanders
China's top legislature started a regular session on Tuesday to review a number of draft laws and revisions.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over the first plenary meeting of the committee's 24th session.
Lawmakers at the meeting deliberated on a slew of draft laws, including a draft law against cross-border corruption, a draft law on healthcare security, and a draft law on farmland protection and quality improvement, as well as draft revisions to the Agriculture Law, the National Defense Mobilization Law, the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, the Law on the Regulation of and Supervision over the Banking Industry, and the Water Law.
They also deliberated on a draft amendment to the lawyers law, and review proposals submitted for deliberation by the State Council on a draft revision to the road traffic safety law, and on the approval of an extradition treaty between China and Hungary.
The lawmakers heard reports on the implementation of the national economic and social development plan and the execution of the central government's budget since the beginning of this year, a report on the management of government debt in 2025, and a supervision and research report on the management of government debt in 2025.
They also heard reports on improving the quality of cultural products and services, consolidating and expanding poverty alleviation gains and advancing all-around rural revitalization, and the qualifications of some NPC deputies at the meeting.
China's top legislature convenes standing committee session
