India, March 12 -- A clip has gone viral on social media in which Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), is heard saying during a press briefing that India stands with Israel in the war against Iran. Jaiswal is also heard saying that if reports about Iran attacking Indian commercial ships turn out to be true, New Delhi will give a harsher response to Tehran than it did to Pakistan.

The fact-check wing of the MEA clarified on Thursday that the clip is fake and AI-generated, urging people to remain alert to such deepfake videos.

The miscreants used footage from Randhir Jaiswal's inter-ministerial briefing on developments in West Asia, held on March 11, to create a fake video. During the brief...