Iran's president calls US missile strikes, 'Mother of All Bombs' threats a disgrace
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- Pezeshkian labeled Washington’s approach "a disgrace" and questioned who truly threatens global peace and security.
- Reports said that the US military prepared strike options incorporating the GBU-43/B MOAB against Iranian energy infrastructure.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attacked US foreign and military policy on Wednesday, accusing Washington of leveraging advanced missile strikes and threats of heavy aerial munitions to coerce diplomatic concessions.
They waged war, claiming to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Then they used the PrSM missile in Lamerd for the first time. Now they invoke the "Mother of All Bombs" to pursue diplomacy through threats. No contradiction, but a disgrace. Who threatens global peace and security?
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) November 11, 2026
In a statement posted to his X account, Pezeshkian attacked what he characterized as a fundamental contradiction in US objectives, contrasting Washington's stated aim of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons with its battlefield actions: "They waged war, claiming to stop Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Then they used the PrSM missile in Lamerd for the first time. Now they invoke the 'Mother of All Bombs' to pursue diplomacy through threats. No contradiction, but a disgrace. Who threatens global peace and security?"
The remarks pointed directly to the US military’s reported deployment of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in Lamerd, located in southern Iran's Fars province, alongside recurring discussions among US defense planners and public remarks by Trump regarding the potential deployment of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB).
The Iranian president’s comments follow disclosures that the US military drew up updated operational plans that include potentially utilizing the GBU-43/B MOAB, colloquially known as the “mother of all bombs," against Iranian nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure, according to CNN, which cited multiple US officials familiar with the discussions.
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Under those contingency blueprints, the munition could be deployed should President Donald Trump order a resumption of combat operations around the midterm election cycle.
Addressing the weapon during an interview on Newsmax, Trump spoke on the destructive capacity of the munition while ruling out non-conventional alternatives: “It’s not nuclear at all, this is just an extremely large bomb. It’s like a tiny nuclear bomb. But the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ is one big bomb, but it’s not nuclear,” Trump said. “I wouldn’t use nuclear, we don’t have to.”
