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Iranian Media Demands 9/11 ‘Truth’ on Anniversary of Attacks
Iranian state-run media marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by promulgating conspiracy theories that accuse the U.S. government of somehow orchestrating the attacks.
Iran’s state-controlled Press TV and Mehr News Agency each published articles claiming that on the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed close to 3,000, the “American people are questioning the government’s version of the tragic event.”
Iranian political leaders and media outlets are notorious for promoting 9/11 conspiracy theories that blame the Bush administration and even the Israelis for carrying out the attack.
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Iran expert Emanuele Ottolenghi said that the promotion of such discredited conspiracy theories should be seen as a warning sign in the West.
“At a time when Iran’s new president Hassan Rowhani is on a charm offensive to convince Americans of his moderate credentials, the fact that Iranian state TV is actually embracing the most bizarre and preposterous conspiracy theories about 9/11 is a powerful warning against the facile excitement caused by Hassan Rowhani’s spin doctors that we have a credible and worthy interlocutor for negotiation,” said Ottolenghi, a Defense of Democracies (FDD) senior fellow.