Claim: Footages circulated online show Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, under assaulted in Tehran.
Fact: The video is old and unrelated. There are no credible reports of such an attack.
On 1 November 2026, several Pakistani users shared a video allegedly showing unidentified individuals attacking Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Imran Ahmed Siddiqui.
The clip was posted with an Urdu caption:
🚨 فوری خبر | تہران اطلاعات کے مطابق ایران کے دارالحکومت تہران میں پاکستان کے سفیر عمران احمد صدیقی پر حملہ کیا گیا ہے۔ بتایا جا رہا ہے کہ عمران احمد صدیقی کو ایک تقریب میں مدعو کیا گیا تھا، تاہم تقریب کے دوران بعض افراد کی جانب سے ان پر حملہ کیا گیا۔
Translation: According to information, an attack has been carried out on Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, in Iran’s capital Tehran. It is reported that Imran Ahmed Siddiqui had been invited to an event; however, during the event, he was attacked by certain individuals.
Screenshot from the Viral X post.
Fact or Fiction?
Imran Ahmed Siddiqui cannot be seen in the viral clip, so Soch Fact Check reverse-image searched a frame of the video and found several reports containing the same visuals. These reports describe a brawl that took place in the Armenian Parliament on 30 October 2026. Armenian and Uzbekistani media report that the altercation started because of a conflict between the ruling party and representatives, and the physical altercation extended to the parliamentary corridors as well.
Uzbek media outlet Zamin published another video showing a different angle of the same incident. Details are identical in both clips, however, the false social media posts connecting the video to Pakistan were shared two days after media reports of the incident in the Armenian parliament.
Image extracted from an Uzbek media outlet named Zamin.
In fact, there were no credible reports of an attack on Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran. The Embassy of Pakistan in Iran’s stated on X that no such attack had taken place, with the Ambassador calling such claims “baseless and factually incorrect.” We checked Imran Ahmed Siddiqui’s X profile for further details on this claim, but only found Siddiqui to have reshared the Embassy’s response on 2 November 2026.
Screenshot taken from Embassy of Pakistan debunking the claim about the attack.
Based on official reports and confirmation from the Embassy of Pakistan in Iran that no such attack took place on the Ambassador, Soch Fact Check concludes this claim to be misleading.
Virality
This misleading footage about the attack on Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran was widely circulated on Facebook, X and Instagram. The most viewership was found on Facebook going up to 113K and 3.6K likes.
A Pakistani account on X went the most viral, going up to 64K views, 914 likes and 314 reshares of the footage.
Whereas, on Instagram the views of the clip seem less than other platforms, but still went up to 12.8K views and 164 likes.
Conclusion: There are no credible reports of an attack on Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. The video being shared with these false claims actually shows an incident that took place between opposition parties at the Armenian Parliament
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