Reports from Iran suggest that they possess a weapon more powerful than nuclear arms. What could this weapon give or take from the region?
Iranian General Ebrahim Rostami, former Secretary of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has announced that Iran has a weapon more powerful than nuclear arms.
Following such a statement, it is relevant to recall the 2019 incident near the UAE’s Fujairah port, where two Saudi tankers, an Emirati vessel, and a Norwegian oil tanker were struck by an unknown weapon. Rostami himself also mentioned this incident, adding that when Donald Trump attempted to reduce Iran’s oil exports, a series of tactical actions took place.
Prior to this announcement, the Iranian parliament had called on the Supreme National Security Council to revise the country’s defense doctrine and lift the ban on developing nuclear weapons.
It is unclear, but it has been stated that Iran does not have nuclear weapons, though it has a long history of secret nuclear research. In 2015, global powers signed an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear activities, which Iran unilaterally withdrew from in 2018.
What is interesting is that many experts believe Iran could produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon within months. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had noted that this process could take Iran just weeks.
The question arises: does Iran have nuclear weapons, or have they developed something even more powerful? According to Rostami, this weapon and its details are being kept highly confidential. In any case, the use of such a weapon of mass destruction could escalate tensions in the Middle East.