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'Fake News': Tehran Accuses Washington of Distorting Truth About 9/11

© AP Photo / Marty LederhandlerIn this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York.
In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York. - Sputnik International
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Iran's Foreign Minister has tweeted a scathing response to a document released by the CIA which had originated with the terrorist network al-Qaeda, which claims that Tehran supported the group before the deadly terror attacks on the US in September 2001.

In a tweet on Thursday, Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that by accusing the Islamic Republic, Washington is trying to "whitewash" the US allies' role in the 9/11 attacks

Zarif's remarks came after the CIA published about 47,000 classified documents, including an al-Qaeda reported which, in particular, claimed that "anyone who wants to strike America, Iran is ready to support him and help him with their frank and clear rhetoric."

Earlier, a US government commission investigating the 9/11 attacks claimed that Iranian officials allegedly met al-Qaeda leaders in Sudan between 1991 and 1992, according to Iran's Press TV news agency.

READ MORE: #NeverForget: Social Media Commemorates 16th Anniversary of 9/11

The commission, however, turned a blind eye to the fact that 15 of the 19 terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks were Saudi nationals, Press TV noted.

It also recalled that Iran is due to pay 7.5 billion dollars in damages to the families of the 9/11 victims, in line with a New York court decision.

During an interview with Fox News back in 2010, then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an apparent reference to al-Qaeda, admitted that "the people we are fighting today we funded them 20 years ago… and we did it because we were locked in a struggle with the Soviet Union."

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