“Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said that India supports Israel and threatened Iran over an attack on an India-bound commercial ship.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Mar 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The viral video is AI-generated and does not show real footage of Randhir Jaiswal at the media briefing. In the original video of the press conference, Jaiswal did not make any statements supporting Israel or threatening Iran.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 March 2026, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/2590870371307342
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