firing the mother of all bombs with a weight of 10 tons against Iran; The mother of all bluffs or... | What should be done to cope?

The new threats of the American president are more than being able to be implemented in the military field, they are just a new curtain of psychological-media war against Iran.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, Khorasan wrote: The US President continued his rhetoric, including the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the victory in the Iran war and the destruction of Iran's civilization, etc. He recently said that he does not need to use nuclear weapons to confront Iran and can use the most powerful non-nuclear bomb of the US military, the "mother of all bombs". Trump also claimed in a statement that the Americans are inspecting Iran's nuclear facilities in Kahlang Mountain and said: "We may have to go there." We will attack that one too and finish it quickly.

The GBU-43/B bomb, which is referred to as the mother of all bombs (MOAB), weighs about 10 tons and was used by the American military for the first time in Afghanistan in 2017. However, this weapon is made for extensive destruction of surface targets and basically its function is that it explodes before hitting the ground surface and its blast wave can damage a wide range of ground surface effects. This means that it is not suitable for the destruction of nuclear facilities that are perhaps hundreds of meters underground and protected behind solid layers of granite and concrete, and of course the Americans should tactically use the same explosive bombs that they used to target the Fardo and Natanz nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, there is still no data on the success rate of US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities with the GBU-57 rock-crushing bomb, and it is interesting to know that this was a weapon that was specially developed with years of data processing and studying the nature of Iran's mountains.

After Trump's threats, the American CNN reported in a report that there is doubt in American military circles about the effectiveness of using this bomb in the upcoming conflict between Washington and Tehran. Also, the estimate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) indicates that only about 10 GBU-43/B bombs, known as the mother of bombs, remain in the possession of the United States; An issue that can limit the decision to use it in addition to operational limitations.

But apart from the effectiveness of this bomb and the disagreements that even exist about its effectiveness in the American military circles, the question is raised, what other function will the expression of such a threat by the American president, who thought he would end the Iran war in a few weeks, have? Trump knows very well that according to the estimate of the budget office of the US Congress, the US war against Iran has cost Washington 38 billion dollars so far, and the estimate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shows that the US had about 2,300 Patriot interceptor missiles before the start of the war with Iran, but during this conflict it has used between 1,050 and 1,430 missiles of this type, and any miscalculation can impose other staggering costs on the US; An issue that was directly mentioned by him the other day and he blamed the lack of weapons on the shoulders of the former American president and said: Our ammunition reserves are decreasing. Not because of my war on Iran, but because Biden gave Ukraine "huge amounts" of Tomahawk missiles.

Trump raises new threats of using this bomb in a situation where the costs imposed on American families and other countries in the field of energy and basic goods as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran have greatly increased and increased the pressure on him and his government. Meanwhile, the probability of success of another military attack on Iran is very weak, and on the other hand, the victory of Trump's party in the elections before the Congress seems to be weaker.

The gambler of the White House, who has been looking for the use of cognitive and media levers for a dignified release from the Iran war, has today resorted to the bluff of using the mother of all bombs. After defeating all of his previous bluffs, such as sending several warships to the region, starting severe economic pressure and the blockade that he claimed would finish Iran's work in two weeks, he is now seeking to create psychological pressure inside Iran by unveiling the "mother of all bombs" in order to gain points from Iran during the exchange of messages.

Along with the economic, military and security pressure, the attack on the psyche and psychological security of the Iranian people is considered the most important tool of the American-Zionist enemy. For this issue, media and cognitive defense should be strengthened. In this situation, it is appropriate for the authorities to talk more with the people and to be less silent about the statements of the American president, so that the public opinion of Iran feels this defensive shield more in the media space.