The United States is offering up to a $10 million reward for the capture of Iranian al Qaeda financier Yasin al-Suri, the State Department said Thursday.
The Syrian-born al-Suri is a senior al Qaeda operative based in Iran, officials say.
He is suspected of moving money and terrorist recruits from across the Middle East into Iran, and then to Pakistan to aid the terrorist group's leadership.
Back in July, the United States accused Iran of providing sanctuary to an al Qaeda network that provides help to jihadists moving between the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Al-Suri, also called Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, was named as the leader of a network that used Iran as a “critical transit point for funding to support al-Qaeda’s activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”
According to U.S. authorities, Khalil requires each operative to deliver $10,000 to al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
The U.S. Treasury said Khalil has collected funding from donors and fundraisers throughout the Gulf and is also responsible for moving significant amounts of money via Iran for onward passage to Afghanistan and Iraq.
What's the status of al Qaeda a year after Osama bin Laden's death and what do we know now that we didn't know then? 
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Funny how they are slowly building up propaganda to Invade Iran. People wake up.
People can post prayers and register a prayer commitment for Yasin at the Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer web site (search for him by name at adoptaterrorist to get to his bio and prayer page).