Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they are preparing to unveil ‘father of all bombs’

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they are preparing to unveil ‘father of all bombs’

ETH

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is moving toward the public presentation of a new weapon it has labeled the “father of all bombs,” according to a report from Middle East Monitor citing Anadolu Agency.

The claim, delivered Wednesday by IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi, arrives as tensions between Tehran and Washington remain elevated following recent US signals about the possible employment of America’s heaviest conventional munition.

Mohebi told Iran’s Young Journalists Club that preparations for the unveiling were already underway. “We are in the stage of preparing to unveil the ‘father of all bombs.’

This is something new for the enemy,” he stated. He offered no information on the weapon’s design, explosive yield, delivery method, or the date of its introduction, leaving open whether the system is a large air-dropped bomb, a missile warhead, or another munition.

The announcement follows remarks last Friday by US President Donald Trump indicating that Washington was weighing use of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, widely known as the “mother of all bombs,” against Iranian nuclear sites.

The GPS-guided weapon weighs roughly 9,800 kilograms and ranks among the largest non-nuclear bombs in the American inventory. US forces first employed it in combat in April 2017 against an Islamic State tunnel complex in Afghanistan.

Mohebi also asserted that Iran’s missile inventory has grown by one and a half times since the twelve-day conflict with Israel in June 2025, though he supplied no absolute figures. “The quality of the missiles has improved significantly, and their range, destructive power and accuracy in hitting targets have increased,” he said.

The spokesman described a broader change in Iranian military thinking. He said Tehran is moving toward what he called permanent and absolute deterrence. “Previously, Iran’s defense doctrine was purely defensive. We used to say that if a country attacked us, we would respond,” Mohebi explained. “Now, we say that if a country attacks us, we will not only respond but also launch an offensive.”

He added that future responses would rely more heavily on asymmetric methods intended to impose disproportionate costs. “Our doctrine will no longer be merely offensive; it will be asymmetric. We will attack the enemy in a way that makes them feel the intensity of our response,” Mohebi stated.