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US attempt to bribe IRGC leadership

Overview

Reports indicate that the Trump administration attempted a large-scale operation to fracture the Iranian state by offering massive financial inducements to senior military leadership. The strategy, described as a “leadership-buyout operation” modeled after tactics used in Venezuela, aimed to induce Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi and other high-ranking officials to break away from the central government in Tehran to create conditions for regime decapitation.

The operation reportedly involved inducements totaling “billions of dollars.” A communication channel for these efforts was established in May 2026 through Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, following contact between then-DNI Tulsi Gabbard and Barzani. This channel was reportedly authorized by Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The attempt was ultimately unsuccessful as General Ahmad Vahidi rejected the offers.

Entities

Tulsi Gabbard · Ahmad Vahidi · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Nechirvan Barzani · Donald Trump

Timeline

  1. 19 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Trump administration attempted to bribe IRGC leadership

    The Trump administration reportedly attempted to bribe IRGC Commander-in-Chief Ahmad Vahidi and other senior Iranian military leaders with billions of dollars to fracture the Iranian state, an effort that was's

  2. 22 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 3 sources
    Trump administration allegedly attempted to bribe IRGC leader Ahmad Vahidi

    The Trump administration allegedly attempted to bribe IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi with billions of dollars to fracture the Iranian government, but the operation failed after Vahidi rejected the offer.

Sources

camer.be · diario-octubre.com · gulf-insider.com · nemosnewsnetwork.com · sgtreport.com