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title: '''U.S. the agent of global Zionism, the creator of ISIS'' khamenei.ir poster (Tehran, 17 October 2017)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/khamenei-us-agent-of-zionism-created-isis-poster-2017/
description: 'A headless figure in a suit, split down the middle: the left half is plain black, the right half is striped red and white with a US flag cuff.'
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[!['U.S. the agent of global Zionism, the creator of ISIS', 2017 Iran poster: A headless figure in a suit, split down the middle](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/khamenei-us-agent-of-zionism-created-isis-poster-2017.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/khamenei-us-agent-of-zionism-created-isis-poster-2017.jpg)

# 'U.S. the agent of global Zionism, the creator of ISIS' khamenei.ir poster (Tehran, 17 October 2017)

A headless figure in a suit, split down the middle: the left half is plain black, the right half is striped red and white with a US flag cuff, and a tie bears the Israeli flag and Star of David. Blood spatters the torn paper edge below. Printed text quotes Ayatollah Khamenei: the US is behind the 'viciousness, warmongering and massacres' of the region, 'the agent of global Zionism', and 'They created the ISIS.' The tells are one composite villain for many causes and a leader's quotation standing in for evidence.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Scapegoating](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/scapegoating/) [Guilt by association](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/guilt-by-association/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
The US is an enemy of independent nations. It is behind much of the viciousness, warmongering and massacres that exists in our region and many other regions in the world
The US is the agent of global Zionism.
They created the ISIS.

~Ayatollah Khamenei

[logo:] KHAMENEI.IR
english.khamenei.ir
```

The Star of David and flag cuff are graphics, not text. Text is as printed.

[← Passenger reading Rodong Sinmun, Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro (photographed 2017)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rodong-sinmun-reader-puhung-station-2017/) [Voice of America footage still: SDF, YPG and YPJ flags displayed in the centre of Raqqa after its capture (Raqqa, 20 October 2017) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-sdf-ypg-ypj-flags-raqqa-2017/)

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