Multiple users and journalists on social media platform However, the clip is old, from September 2025.
Pakistan took on the role of mediator in the US-Israel war with Iran, successfully negotiating a critical ceasefire between the warring parties on April 8, 2026. The South Asian country also hosted the first round of talks between Washington and Tehran on April 11-12, which ended inconclusively.
During this time, Pakistan has consistently called for peace in the UN Security Council while criticizing Israel’s aggressive actions in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon.
how it started
A day ago, a Turkish user on X shared a video showing Ambassador Ahmad speaking at the UN Security Council.
“Pakistan’s ambassador, showing Israel its place in the UN General Assembly, said the following: ‘Israel is an occupier and a bandit that plays the victim card, violates UN resolutions and practices state terrorism in Gaza and even in Palestinian lands,’” reads the caption of the photo, which received 499,100 views.
In the video, the Pakistani envoy can be heard issuing a harsh rebuke to his Israeli counterpart, highlighting Tel Aviv’s aggression in Gaza and other Palestinian territories.
The post does not mention when the session was or any other specific details about it.
American political commentator Jackson Hinke shared the video with the same title. Her post racked up 365,000 views and garnered 26,000 likes.
Shireen Mazari, former human rights minister, also shared the same clip with the following caption: “An excellent response from Pakistan expressed without histrionics in a logical, understated but powerful statement. Teaching some lessons to the rogue entity Israel.”
His post garnered 32,400 views.
Journalist Matiullah Jan also shared the clip with the caption: “Iron Dome Israel didn’t see this coming from Pakistan.”
His post accumulated 1.1 million views.
Another journalist, Tariq Mateen, also shared the video in a similar context.
“Respect! Nothing but respect for Janab Asim Iftikhar sahab. Hello Khawaja Asif sahab, this is how it’s done,” read the caption of the post, which attracted 73,000 views.
Subsequently, other X users, including journalists and Indian users, also shared the claim and video, as seen here, here, here, here, here, herehere and here; collectively earning 537,700 views.
Digital communication medium Pakistan Connect posted the same clip with the following caption on Instagram: “Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, strongly criticized Israel at the UN, calling its actions a violation of international law and the UN Charter. He said it was unacceptable for an aggressor and an occupying power to misuse the forum and level unfounded accusations against others while diverting attention from their own actions, adding that such conduct undermines the sanctity of the UN Security Council.”
The publication obtained 19,000 views.
Methodology
A fact check was initiated to determine the veracity of the claim due to its high virality and high public interest in the Middle East war and Pakistan’s key role in mediation efforts.
A keyword search to corroborate the incident did not turn up any recent news reports from credible international or Pakistani mainstream media outlets.
Instead, a reverse image search turned up a YouTube video dated September 15, 2025, shared by Pakistan’s UN mission, titled: “Pakistan Strikes Back: Rejects Israel’s Unrelated Smears During Qatar Debate.”
September 9, 2025, Israel addressed Hamas leaders in attacks on Qatari capital murder five Hamas members and a Qatari security officer. The attack attracted widespread international attention. condemnationincluding the Gulf monarchies allied with the United States, Israel’s main patron.
A comparison of the YouTube video and the viral clip revealed that the latter shows the first 5:37 minutes of the original speech.
In his speech, at minute 5:52, the Pakistani ambassador reads the UN Security Council resolution while “the members of the Security Council express their condemnation of the recent attack on Doha, the territory of a key mediator, on September 9,” and at no point does he mention the war between the United States and Israel against Iran, demonstrating that the session had no relation to the current crisis in the Middle East.
During the meeting, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon invoked the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan to justify Israel’s actions in Doha, prompting a response from the Pakistani envoy, who called the comparison “unacceptable” and criticized Tel Aviv for diverting attention from its own violations of international law.
The same UNSC session was also covered by Sunrise and capital television on their YouTube channels in September 2025, in the context of the Qatar attacks.
Additionally, a keyword search turned up a news report from Sunrise dated September 12, 2025, with the headline: “Pakistan and Israel exchange criticism of the UN Security Council over the attack in Doha.”
The report confirmed that the heated exchange between Pakistan and Israel’s ambassadors took place on September 12, 2025 and has no relation to the current conflict between Israel and Iran.
Fact Check Status: Misleading
The claim that a viral video shows Pakistani ambassador Asim Iftikhar attacking an Israeli envoy at a UN Security Council meeting is misleading.
The viral video is old, from September 2025, and has no relation to the current Middle East conflict.
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This fact check was originally published by iVerify Pakistan, a project of CEJ-IBA and UNDP.
