Tehran, Iran - Iran hit back at President Donald Trump's administration for offering a $20 million reward for information on Tehran's nuclear program, labeling it "repugnant and regrettable."
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged the United Nations' atomic energy agency and the Security Council to condemn the reward, which was announced last week.
Last Friday, the US military said up to $20 million and "possible relocation" were available for information about the program's "facilities, equipment, and associated personnel."
"The Islamic Republic of Iran calls upon the UN Secretary-General, the Security Council, and the Director General of the IAEA to condemn this repugnant announcement explicitly and unequivocally," Araghchi wrote in a letter addressed to all three.
He repeated Iran's insistence that its nuclear program is peaceful.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Iran's nuclear program was effectively obliterated by the brief US strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025.
Since that war, Iran has blocked International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from visiting bombed facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
Despite claiming that Iran's nuclear program was completely destroyed, Trump launched an all-out war against Iran on February 28, alongside Israel, killing the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
During the war's most intense phase, US-Israeli strikes hit Iranian nuclear sites again, but the scale of the damage remains unclear.
Tehran has insisted that Washington accept a raft of demands including unfreezing assets and lifting sanctions in return for the reopening of the Hormuz Strait, a vital energy conduit that has been blockaded since the start of the war.
Araghchi previously said that talks over Iran's nuclear program would come at a later stage.