Piers Morgan mocks US for $20 million reward for intel about Iran’s nuclear programme

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Piers Morgan mocks US for $20 million reward for intel about Iran’s nuclear programme The life-changing amount of money has been advertised to encourage intel on Iran's nuclear programme. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Add us as preferred source Comments By Tannur Anders 05:48, Sat, Nov 7, 2026 Updated: 05:50, Sat, Nov 7, 2026 Piers Morgan commented on the US's reward (Image: Getty) The US Department of State has advertised a massive reward for information on Iran's nuclear programme .

Broadcaster Piers Morgan had a simple response to the reward. The Rewards for Justice is offering a sum of up to $20 million for information about the program , including its facilities, equipment and associated personnel. The department also seeking information such as the scientific community. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Possible relocation is also on the cards as part of the reward. "In 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent purity, a level that is a short technical step from the 90 percent required for a nuclear weapon," the statement read.

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You can unsubscribe at any time. More Info . Iran sends bombshell nuclear ultimatum to US as Tehran lays down 7 major demands Trump 'within days of launching nuclear strike' as WW3 fears erupt "Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to produce uranium at such a high enrichment level. Experts estimate this quantity, if enriched further, could be enough for several nuclear weapons." Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The life-changing amount of money has been advertised to civilians.

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities have long been a focal point of the US and President Donald Trump has repeated claimed it as the reason for his country's war on the Middle Eastern nation. The US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites at the end of February. Iran retaliated by closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of all global oil passed prior to the war. Global oil markets were shocked, flights across the region were disrupted and thousands of people have lost their lives.

WTF???? — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 7, 2026 The US Central Command shared about the reward in a post on social media platform X. Its post was met with intense backlash, with Piers Morgan commenting a simple message: "WTF????" One X user shared Mr Morgan's sentiment: "Hahah they don't even know the location of Iran's nuclear program. This is so embarrassing." Another X user commented: "So you have started a war to "dismantle" a nuclear program you know nothing about??

Because it doesn't exist." While a third said: "Looks like Iran did a good job ridding itself of your agents. Now you're resorting to begging online." Another commented" "I thought they destroyed it like 4 times already lol'. Iran Nuclear weapons Piers Morgan Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Add us as preferred source Comments

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The Daily Express reports Piers Morgan's mocking reply to a US State Department reward of up to $20 million for information on Iran's nuclear programme, and quotes the US statement with attribution. In its own voice it then speaks of Iran's 'nuclear weapon capabilities' as settled fact, adopting a US claim where other outlets wrote 'nuclear program'. It also writes the dead of the US-Israeli war on Iran as people who 'lost their lives', with no word for killing anywhere in the article.

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“Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities have long been a focal point of the US”
Why this matters
The words 'nuclear weapon capabilities', in the Express's own voice, treat it as settled that Iran has a capability to build nuclear weapons.
The impression it gives
The reader comes away believing that Iran's weapons capability is an established fact, and that only the US focus on it is in question.
The context
Even the US statement the article quotes speaks only of enrichment levels: Iran 'is enriching uranium to 60 percent purity'. It is the US government that says Iran is close to a weapon. Other outlets reporting the same reward write 'Iran's nuclear program'. Le Monde notes that Tehran denies that a suspected site is a nuclear facility at all. The Express turns a US claim about weapons into its own fact.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent purity”
- Daily Mirror reported“Iran's nuclear program has long been a focal point of the US”Piers Morgan gives blunt response to $20m US reward for intel on Iran's nuclear program (opens in a new tab)
- Le Monde (English) reported“a suspected nuclear site which Tehran denies is such a facility”US offers $20 million reward for info on 'Iran's nuclear program' (opens in a new tab)
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Iran's nuclear programme has long been a focal point for the US, and President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed it as the reason for the US war on Iran.
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“thousands of people have lost their lives”
Why this matters
The phrase 'lost their lives' records the war's dead with no word for killing and no one who killed them. The Express places it in a list with oil market shocks and flight disruption.
The impression it gives
The reader is left with thousands of deaths as a passive side effect of the war, on a par with disrupted flights. Because the sentence directly follows Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a reader can take the deaths as a result of that closure.
The context
The article itself says the war began when the US and Israel carried out joint strikes on Iranian sites. The deaths were killings in a war of strikes, yet the article never uses the word killed.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“The US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites”
- Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “killed”.
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Thousands of people have been killed in the war that began with joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February.

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