Did General Upendra Dwivedi admit that India informed Israel about Iran’s naval ship location? Fact Check
Claim: Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi admitted that India informed Israel about the exact location of an Iranian naval ship.
Conclusion: The claim is false. The audio in the claimed video is fabricated using AI. The original footage relates to statements about Operation Sindoor and its lessons, not any comment about an Iranian naval ship or about Israel.
Rating: False 
Several social media users have shared a clip, claiming that Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi allgedly admitted that India helped Israel with Iran’s navy ship location. X user ‘FARMLIK’ shared such a post with the caption : “India officially confesses it backstabbed Iran and shared the location of an Iranian ship with Israel. Indian Army Chief explains how he gave the Israelis the exact location of the Iranian Navy ship and how it was targeted disgusting act by Indians.” View the post below –
India officially confesses it backstabbed Iran and shared the location of an Iranian ship with Israel.
Indian Army Chief explains how he gave the Israelis the exact location of the Iranian Navy ship and how it was targeted disgusting act by Indians.
— Far (@FARMLIK) March 8, 2026
In one section of the video, Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi appears to be saying – “…they crossed the international waters, as Israeli strategic allies, it was our duty to inform Israel about their exact location as a part of our newer strategic deal …We can provide Israel with location or intelligence but we had no role in Israel-US torpedo attack…” The claim seems to highlight this section by framing how India allegedly betrayed Iran by giving Israel intel about the location of the ship.
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found that it is false. General Dwivedi never made any such statement and the audio in the claimed video is fabricated using AI. The original video features General Dwivedi talking about lessons from Operation Sindoor and the evolving nature of warfare.
In terms of official government sources debunking this, the PIB has flagged this claim as false here.
PIB Fact Check Unit wrote how “Pakistani propaganda accounts are sharing a digitally manipulated video of the Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi,”, making false claims about India sharing Iran’s navy ship location. The post further affirms that “General Upendra Dwivedi has made NO such statement” and that this claim was made to mislead the public.
🚨 Deepfake Video Alert
Pakistani propaganda accounts are sharing a digitally manipulated video of the Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, making false claims that when the Iranian ship crossed the international waters, as Israeli strategic allies, it was our duty to… pic.twitter.com/itQ63pXGuF
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 9, 2026
On 4 March 2026, as per a New Indian Express report, the U.S. Navy sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena with a torpedo fired from a nuclear-powered submarine in the Indian Ocean, about 40 nautical miles south of Galle, Sri Lanka. The vessel was returning to Iran after participating in naval engagements hosted by India in Visakhapatnam when the attack occurred. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said injured sailors were taken to hospitals, while Navy spokesperson Buddhika Sampath stated that Sri Lanka responded to the distress call.
We first conducted a reverse image search to learn about the origin of the video. The search took us to the original video uploaded by Firstpost on Youtube on March 7, 2026 titled : “India’s Army Chief Speaks on Op Sindoor, Pakistan and Future of Warfare | Raisina Dialogue 2026”. This podcast was about “lessons from Operation Sindoor and the evolving nature of warfare.” View a screenshot below –
In the original video, there are no discussions about the Israel and US war on Iran. Following this, we conducted a web search with the phrase “General Upendra Dwivedi comments on drowned Iran navy ship” to learn more. However, we did not come across credible news reports or official statements about any such remarks.
According to a NDTV report, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar explained that India allowed the Iranian vessel IRIS Lavan to dock at Kochi after Iran reported technical problems. He noted that the Iranian ships had originally come to India for naval events but “got in a way caught on the wrong side of events,” referring to the escalation involving the United States, Israel and Iran in the region. Jaishankar said “we approached the situation from the point of view of humanity… and I think we did the right thing,” View a section from the report below –
Lastly, we extracted the audio in the claimed post and tested it through an Undetectable AI audio detector. The results proved that the audio is likely AI generated with only 1% being real. View the results below –
Thus, the claim is false.
