Claim: A video shows the Iranian delegation arriving in Islamabad on 10 April 2026, for ceasefire talks that are set to take place on 11 April.
Fact: The claim is false. The video circulated is old and unrelated.
On 10 April 2025 several social media users posted a video with captions like “Iranian delegation arrives in #Islamabad.” The video includes a clip of a convoy of cars, followed by clips of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meeting people.
Pakistan mediates ceasefire, hosts peace talks
Towards the end of the US-Israel war against Iran that started on 28 February and lasted over five weeks, US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened the Islamic Republic with destruction, going as far as to say that “a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if it did not give in.
However, Pakistan-led mediation efforts eventually culminated in a two-week ceasefire on 8 April, with the “Islamabad Talks” initially scheduled for 10 April, as announced by Pakistan’s prime minister. The talks are now reportedly set to take place on 11 April.
Sharif expressed “deepest and sincere gratitude to our brotherly countries” — Türkiye, China, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — “for extending invaluable and all out support” in achieving the ceasefire. He also thanked members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Preparations in Pakistan are underway to receive the foreign delegations, with the one from US including President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, led by Vice President JD Vance, as confirmed by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Tehran is sending Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi but it remains “unclear whether any representative from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — which is leading Tehran’s military response in the war — will attend the talks”, Al Jazeera reported.
Dawn reported that “10,000 security personnel have been deployed” in Islamabad and a “Blue Book” protocol — which concerns the president, prime minister, and visiting heads of state — is in place. It added that “all roads to [the] red zone, except for Margalla, [have been] sealed”.
“About 6,000 personnel of the capital police, 900 Frontier Constabulary, and 3,000 personnel of the Punjab Constabulary, along with the Rangers and Pakistan Army troops, would perform duties. About 1,000 traffic police officials would also be deployed,” the publication stated.
Al Jazeera added that the delegations would be staying in Islamabad’s Serena Hotel and that 9 and 10 April have been declared as “public holidays in the federal capital”.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check investigated the first frame of the video, and found the cars were not, in fact, transporting the Iranian delegation. The image below has two details, in red, which debunk the claim. Firstly, the flag on the car is a Chinese flag, and not an Iranian one. Secondly, the car has a Chinese number plate, as indicated by the signals before the numbers.
Screenshot taken from the first frame of the video.
To investigate the second part of the video, Soch Fact Check scrutinized PM Sharif’s appearance and clothing, particularly at the 0:11-0:12 timestamp. We noticed that the prime minister had the same tie and suit as he wore at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit held on 4 September 2025.
The similarities in PM Sharif’s appearance in the two visuals below prove the video is from the SCO Summit last year.
Screenshot of PM Shehbaz Sharif from viral video.
PM Sharif at the 2025 SCO Summit, taken from the official page of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China In Karachi Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Karachi.
Based on our investigation, it is clear this video is unrelated to peace talks between the US and Iran, being hosted in Islamabad.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the claim circulating here, here, here, here and here on Instagram.
Conclusion: Soch Fact Check concludes this video does not show an Iranian delegation arriving in Islamabad for peace talks on 10 April 2026.