Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Iran is preparing to unveil a weapon it calls the "father of bombs", a Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official has said, as Tehran touts missile advances amid reports that Washington is weighing its largest non-nuclear bomb for possible strikes on Iranian targets.

IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said Iran was preparing to introduce a new weapon, which he contrasted with the US GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), known as the "mother of all bombs", Turkiye Today reported, citing Iran's Young Journalists Club news agency.

"We are at the stage of introducing the father of bombs. This is something new for the enemy," Mohebbi was quoted as saying by Turkiye Today.

Mohebbi offered no technical details about the mun...