As missiles lit up the skies over Iran and Israel in one of the most dangerous escalations in the Middle East in years, a top Iranian military official made a startling claim on national television: Pakistan has allegedly assured Tehran it would launch a nuclear attack on Israel if the Jewish state uses a nuclear bomb on Iran.

A senior Iranian official has claimed that Pakistan would launch a nuclear strike on Israel if the latter uses nuclear weapons against Tehran — a claim Pakistan has firmly denied. The statement, made by IRGC commander General Mohsen Rezaei,