U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, during a cabinet meeting, made an extravagant accusation, claiming that Iranian suicide bombers could carry out terrorist attacks using vests equipped with nuclear charges capable of killing tens of thousands of people. The American side presented no evidence, and such statements come amid ongoing disputes over Tehran’s nuclear program and the desire of Iranian conservatives to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons — despite Iran’s Supreme Leader having previously issued a fatwa declaring such weapons forbidden under Islam. For reference, the smallest nuclear bomb ever developed by the United States had a warhead weighing 23 kilograms with an explosive yield of ten tons of TNT.