{"id":3188,"date":"2024-10-16T15:12:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:58:17","slug":"iranian-general-claims-secret-weapon-more-powerful-than-nuclear-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/iranian-general-claims-secret-weapon-more-powerful-than-nuclear-bombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian general claims \u2018secret weapon\u2019 more powerful than nuclear bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ebrahim Rostami has suggested that the munitions have already been used in the past but that information about them is top secret<\/strong><\/p>\n Tehran possesses weapons that are \u201csuperior\u201d<\/em> to nuclear bombs, Iranian Brigadier General Ebrahim Rostami has claimed. His statement came in response to calls from Iranian lawmakers to review the country\u2019s non-nuclear military doctrine amid threats by Israel to strike the country.<\/p>\n In an interview with Iranian media on Tuesday, Rostami, who previously served as the secretary of the Development and Equipment Commission of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), supported calls to change the doctrine but said parliamentarians were unaware of \u201csome aspects\u201d<\/em> because they involve \u201chighly classified and top-secret information.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The general claimed that Iran has \u201cweapons that are far superior to nuclear weapons,\u201d<\/em> hinting that this military equipment had already been deployed in the past, recalling an attack on oil tankers in the United Arab Emirates in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Trump wanted to reduce our oil exports, there were a number of tactical operations,\u201d<\/em> Rostami claimed. \u201cI will not say who carried them out, but five tankers blew up in the highly guarded port of Fujairah. They did not even know where the attack came from. They even filed a complaint with the UN. The UAE accused us, but could not provide evidence. These are some of the examples I can mention.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Last week, a group of Iranian parliamentarians called on the Supreme National Security Council to review the country\u2019s defense doctrine and remove the ban on developing nuclear weapons. The demand came amid continued threats by Israel to attack Iran\u2019s nuclear and oil facilities.<\/p>\n Tensions between Iran and Israel escalated following the killings of the heads of Hamas and Hezbollah and an IRGC general by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) last month. In reprisal for the attacks, Iran conducted a massive missile strike on October 1, claiming to have targeted only military facilities.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n