A senior Iranian military official claims that Pakistan has promised to launch a nuclear strike against Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses nukes on Iran.
The chilling warning comes amid rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East.
General Mohsen Rezaee, a top officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of the country’s National Security Council, said in an interview:
“Pakistan has assured us that if Israel uses a nuclear bomb on Iran, they will attack Israel with a nuclear bomb.”
According to Rezaee, Pakistan has “vowed to stand behind Iran.”
He also claims that Pakistan is urging unity in the Islamic world against Israel.
Rezaee’s claims, however, were swiftly denied by Pakistan’s leadership.
Defense Minister Khwaja Asif publicly rejected the statement:
“Pakistan is signatory to all international nuclear disciplines; our nuclear capability is for our people’s benefit and defence against hostile designs.”
Despite this, Asif warned of the consequences of unchecked Israeli aggression:
“[The] Western world must worry about conflicts generated by Israel.
“It will engulf the whole region and beyond; their patronage of Israel, a rogue state, can have catastrophic consequences.”
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has not issued a formal statement disavowing any commitment to military action on Iran’s behalf.
Tensions in the region exploded last week after Israel launched sweeping attacks on Iranian territory.
The strikes reportedly targeted nuclear and military facilities, killing several top commanders and scientists.
According to Iranian officials, at least 224 people have been killed in Israel’s latest military campaign.
Israel has confirmed at least 19 deaths on its side following an Iranian missile barrage Monday morning.
A senior U.S. official told reporters that President Donald Trump previously intervened to dissuade Israel from assassinating Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump reportedly urged the country to “back down.”
Speaking to reporters Sunday, Trump said:
“Sometimes they have to fight it out.”
However, Trump added that he preferred a negotiated settlement and encouraged both parties to “make a deal.”
In the early hours of Monday, Iran launched a new wave of missiles at Israel, setting off air raid sirens across the country.
Powerful blasts rocked Tel Aviv as Israel’s missile defense systems intercepted multiple incoming threats.
Emergency services reported five Israeli civilians dead, including two men and two women in their 70s.
Missiles hit four sites in central Israel, including Petah Tikva, where one projectile struck a residential building, ripping apart multiple apartments and leaving charred wreckage in its wake.
Israel responded by striking ten Quds Force command centers in Tehran, targeting Iran’s elite military and intelligence operatives responsible for operations outside its borders.
The Iranian attacks marked the fourth straight day of open hostilities between the two longtime enemies.
The alleged nuclear threat from Pakistan, while denied, underscores the danger of the conflict metastasizing into regional or even global warfare.
Both Israel and Pakistan are among the nine nations believed to possess nuclear weapons, and Iran’s ties with multiple proxy groups could make containment of the conflict difficult, if not impossible.
The risk of miscalculation is rising.
And in a region filled with bitter enmities, one false move could ignite a catastrophe unlike any seen in decades.
