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title: '''The trace of the Zionists in the Incident of Nine-eleven'' khamenei.ir poster'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/khamenei-zionists-nine-eleven-poster-2018/
description: Square poster quoting Ayatollah Khamenei that, after the September 11 incident, 'to which there are countless indications of Zionists' involvement', they…
section: Collection
---

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# 'The trace of the Zionists in the Incident of Nine-eleven' khamenei.ir poster

Square poster quoting Ayatollah Khamenei that, after the September 11 incident, 'to which there are countless indications of Zionists' involvement', they rushed to blame Muslims and Islam. A hand in a suit sleeve with a Star of David cufflink points at the burning Twin Towers while a Muslim family flees. The tells are the blame placed on a named out-group with no evidence shown, and the quotation from the leader standing in for proof.

- **Date:** September 11, 2018
- **Period:** [Contemporary](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=contemporary)
- **Made by:** Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran (khamenei.ir)
- **Region:** [Middle East and North Africa](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=middle-east-north-africa)
- **Country:** [Iran](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=iran)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [State](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=state)
- **Regime:** [Islamic Republic of Iran](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=islamic-republic-of-iran)
- **Leader:** [Ali Khamenei](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=ali-khamenei)
- **Audience:** [Mixed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=mixed)
- **Purpose:** [Persuade or win support](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=persuade-support)
- **Themes:** [Religion](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=religion), [Media and information](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=media-information), [Security and surveillance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=security-surveillance)
- **Techniques:** [Scapegoating](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/scapegoating/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Wikimedia Commons (from khamenei.ir)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_trace_of_the_Zionists_in_the_Incident_of_Nine-eleven_to_demonize_Muslims.jpg), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** CC BY 4.0 (khamenei.ir site licence statement, via Commons) Khamenei.ir (Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

## Text on the object

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

```
AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11 INCIDENT
-to which there are countless indications of Zionists' involvement-
they rushed to blame Muslims and Islam in order to portray Islam as abhorred and appalled in the eyes of the people of the world.

~Ayatollah Khamenei

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

The Star of David on the cufflink is a small graphic, not text. Text is as printed, including 'abhorred and appalled'.

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