Shafaq News / The United States announced on Saturday a reward of up to ten million dollars in exchange for "any information about the activities, networks and partners" of the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Mohammad Kotharani, who is accused of playing a major role in coordination between pro-Iranian groups in Iraq.

The US State Department said in a statement today, "Muhammad Kawtharani, a senior official in the Hezbollah forces in Iraq, who took part in the political coordination of the paramilitary groups loyal to Iran," a coordination that was previously undertaken by Qassem Soleimani.

Washington considers Kawtharani, listed on the US blacklist of terrorism since 2013, "to facilitate the activities of groups operating outside the control of the Iraqi government to violently suppress demonstrators" or "attack foreign diplomatic missions."

The US State Department, which classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, added that this official promotes the interests of the Lebanese Shiite movement in Iraq by participating in "training, financing, and providing political-logistical support to Iraqi Shiite rebel groups."

Soleimani was killed near Baghdad International Airport in January by an American strike that President Donald Trump ordered and that Baghdad considered a violation of its sovereignty.