Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information Disrupting Chinese Nationals Supplying Technology to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a Foreign Terrorist Organization

March 19, 2025

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Office of the Spokesperson

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U.S. Department of State

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  • China

The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program announced a reward of up to $15 million for information related to Chinese nationals Liu Baoxia (Emily Liu), Li Yongxin (Emma Lee), Yung Yiu Wa (Stephen Yung), or Zhong Yanlai (Sydney Chung). Starting in 2007, Liu and her associates have used China-based front companies to procure U.S.-origin dual-use electronics for entities supplying Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Shiraz Electronics Industries and Rayan Roshd Afzar. The IRGC and Iran's defense ministry have used the electronics to develop and manufacture weapons systems, including drones sold to Russia, Sudan, and Yemen.