Iran's acting defense minister responds to Trump's statement of using the "mother of all bombs" against Tehran

Acting Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Sayyed Majeed Ibn Al-Rida responded to US President Donald Trump's threats to use the "mother of all bombs" in the event of a possible escalation in the war with Iran, and claimed, "It is our missile power that changed the equations."

The Iranian semi-official Tasnim News Agency quoted the acting Iranian Defense Minister as saying, in a blog post he previously published on the “X” Twitter platform: “Titles and bomb sizes are of no importance!”, according to his description.

Brigadier General Ibn Al-Rida added, addressing the Americans: “Your bombs will explode elsewhere: in your global reputation, in America’s economy, and even in your electoral equations!”

The acting Iranian Defense Minister added: “It is our missile power that changed the equations, and brought you to where from now on you must say: Greetings, sir!”, according to the “Tasnim” agency.

Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that he does not intend to use nuclear weapons against Iran. Trump added, during an interview with Newsmax: “I will not use nuclear weapons, we don’t need that.”

The American President mentioned about the GBU-43/B bomb, known as “MOAB”, or “Mother of All Bombs”, which is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal: “It is not nuclear at all, but rather it is just a very huge bomb; more like a miniature nuclear bomb, but the mother of all bombs is one big bomb, not nuclear.”

Trump's statements came after sources revealed to CNN that the US military has prepared new plans to launch strikes, which may include using the "Mother of All Bombs" to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities for the first time in the conflict, if Trump issues an order to resume combat operations, whether before or after the midterm elections.