According to reports, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives after 19 hijackers linked to Al-Qaeda took control of four passenger planes in the United States.
Updated: March 15, 2026 7:37 PM IST
New Delhi: As the conflict in the Middle East continues to intensify, Iran’s top security official has made an explosive claim linking the United States’ lobby related to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to an alleged plot to stage a terrorist attack similar to the September 11 attacks and falsely blame Tehran.
Ali Larijani’s social media post
In a post on X, Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, said, ” I’ve heard that the remaining members of Epstein’s network have devised a conspiracy to create an incident similar to 9/11 and blame Iran for it. Iran fundamentally opposes such terrorist schemes and has no war with the American people. We are defending our country against an aggression launched by the US and Israel. Iran stands tall in doing so to teach the aggressors a lesson.”
— Ali Larijani | علی لاریجانی (@alilarijani_ir) March 15, 2026
Iran strongly opposes terrorism: Larijani
His remarks come at a time when tensions between Iran and the US are running high. The US and Israel have continued strikes on Iranian targets, while Israel has also launched attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran, in turn, has fired multiple barrages of missiles toward Israel and claimed attacks on US bases in Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
Ali Larijani added that Tehran strongly opposes terrorism and does not consider the American public its enemy. “Iran fundamentally opposes such terrorist schemes and has no war with the American people,” Ali Larijani said.
9/11 Attacks killed nearly 3,000 people
The September 11 attacks in 2001 were one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history. According to reports by Reuters and Associated Press, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives after 19 hijackers linked to Al-Qaeda took control of four passenger planes in the United States. Two of those planes were flown straight into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City. The crashes caused massive fires, and within hours, both towers collapsed.
Another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia, which is the headquarters of the US military. A fourth plane went down near Shanksville after passengers tried to stop the hijackers from carrying out another attack. The attacks destroyed large parts of the World Trade Center complex and damaged nearby buildings.
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