President Donald Trump met Pakistan’s army chief Wednesday in Washington as the US considers supporting Israeli airstrikes on Iran, a country with a cooperative and complex relationship with the government in Islamabad.

A video of a former Iranian general went viral on X, in which he claimed that should Israel attack Iran with nuclear weapons, Pakistan would retaliate via nuclear action on Israel. Whilst Pakistani

A senior Iranian official made a shocking claim on Iranian state television. He said Pakistan would use nuclear weapons against Israel if Israel strikes first. He specifically mentioned Pakistan’s long-range Shaheen-3 missile.