New Delhi, March 14 -- The US government has announced rewards of up to $10 million for information on senior officials of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the country's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the State Department said.

"These individuals command and direct various elements of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which plans, organizes and executes terrorism around the world," the department said.

The announcement comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following recent US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.

Among the 10 individuals listed by the State Department are:

-Mojtaba Khamenei, Supreme Leader

-Ali Asghar Hejazi, Deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Leader Office (SLO)

-M...