Pakistan comes out in support of Iran after Israel’s attack, urges Muslim countries to unite

By HT News Desk
Jun 14, 2025

Pakistan on Saturday came out in support of Iran after Israel launched a series of blistering attacks on the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program and its armed forces.

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 8, 2025.(Reuters)
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 8, 2025.(Reuters)

“In this time of trial, we stand by Iran in every way. We will protect Iranian interests. Iranians are our brothers, and their grief and pain are shared,” Asif said.

Asif said that Israel is targeting not just Iran, but also Yemen and Palestine, adding that unity in the Muslim world is crucial. “If we remain silent and disunited today, then everyone will be targeted eventually,” he said.

Asif also demanded that a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should be called on Israel’s move against Iran, reported

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Mohsen Rezae’s remarks came during an interview on the Iranian state television as a barrage of missiles crisscrossed Iran and Israel.

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Tehran:

Pakistan will launch a nuclear attack on Israel if it drops a nuclear bomb on Iran, a top Iranian officer of its elite forces has claimed amid rising tensions in the Middle East. General Mohsen Rezae’s remarks came during an interview on Iranian television as a barrage of missiles crisscrossed Iran and Israel. So far, about 248 deaths (Iran 230 and Israel 18) have been reported in the two countries.

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“Pakistan has assured us that if Israel uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, they will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb,” said Rezaei, a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of Iran’s National Security Council.

Officials in Pakistan have denied the claim. NDTV could not independently verify the video.

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Israel and Pakistan are among the nine countries that currently possess nuclear weapons, according to ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons).

Pakistan has vowed to “stand behind Iran” and called on the Muslim world to unite, Rezae said, pointing to a bonhomie that follows an ugly missile exchange between the two countries in early 2024. He also claimed that Tehran has hidden capabilities that are yet to be revealed to the world.

There has been no comment from Pakistan on using nuclear weapons against Israel, but the country has backed Iran in its fight against Israel, which has the support of the Western world.

President Donald Trump of the US, which has one of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals alongside Russia and China, has claimed that he has been trying to work out a deal between the two warring countries in the Middle East.

In one of his strongest statements since taking over as the President in January, Trump warned Iran yesterday that if it attacks the US, “the full strength and might of the US Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before.”

Pakistan, a crucial weapons market for the US, last night flagged concerns over Israel’s nuclear prowess, with its defence minister Khwaja Asif saying, “Western world must worry about conflicts being generated by Israel”. “It will engulf the whole region and beyond; their patronage of Israel, a rogue state, can have catastrophic consequences,” he said in an online post.

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