Claim: A video shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visiting the Strait of Hormuz amid the “current situation”.
Fact: The claim is false.The clip from the foreign minister’s 2024 visit to a missile ship.
In April 2026, Facebook user Sindh Observer Digital,posted a clip showing the Iranian Foreign Minister on a ship with a navy officer behind him. The clip displays the following text:
“ایران کے وزیر خارجہ عباس عراقی آبنائے ہرمز کی صورتحال کا تفصیلی جائزہ لینے کے لیے موقع پہنچ گئے “
[Translation: “Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi arrived for a detailed review of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.”]
Additionally, the caption of the post implies that the video is recent, saying it shows the Iranian FM assessing the “current situation” in the Strait. The framing likely refers to the ongoing blockade by the US and Iran.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check screen-captured the clip of the Foreign Minister looking at a ship with a navy officer behind him, and decided to reverse-image it to gain more information on its origins.
Soch Fact Check was led to Iran’s official Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, which reported on the visit as seen below:
Report of Araghchi’s visit to Kish Island published on Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website (translated from Persian into English)
Furthermore, Independent Persian’s Facebook posted about the event on 1 December 2024 and captioned it:
Screenshot taken from Independent Persian’s Facebook page
The caption has been translated as below:
“On Sunday morning, December 1, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi visited the missile ship “Zareh” on the sidelines of his speech on the Navy Day held on Kish Island.
Shahram Irani, Commander of the Navy, and Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, former Speaker of the Parliament and member of the Expediency Council, were also present at the visit.
Araqchi said at the Navy Day ceremony: “Takfiri groups and their supporters should know that they will not get anywhere against the resistance forces and the forces that fight for the honor and dignity of their country. It has been proven how America, the Zionist regime, and the Takfiri groups are moving in the same direction, and this is a historical fact.
#Abbas_Araqchi #Navy_Day #Independent_Fars”
Furthermore, to verify this date, Soch Fact Check cross-checked with other Iranian news channels that this was an old visit and is from 1 December 2024.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the claim circulating here, here, here, here , here, here, here, here, and here on Instagram.
The claim was posted here and here on Facebook
It was also shared here and here on X
It was found here on TikTok, and here on YouTube.
Conclusion: The claim here is old, and in fact the Foreign Minister has not recently been at the Strait of Hormuz.
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