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Iran Still Thinks the Olympic Games Are a Zionist Conspiracy

In today’s snapshot of state-sponsored propaganda, Iran still thinks the Jews hijacked the Olympics. Last year, the country threatened to boycott the London Olympics unless the organizers selected a different logo, which Tehran claimed spells the world “Zion.” But London refused and called Iran’s bluff. Now, even after some admirable gold medal performances, Iran is reviving the conspiracy theory with a graphic showing the world what it’s talking about.

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   Of course just because a regime spews eliminationist anti-Semitic rhetoric all the time doesn’t mean it would actually...

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7. devino12 said: i think it just issue
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10. jumpgraphic said: What’s ZOIN?
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    Or we could just agree that the logo looks pretty stupid in general.

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    Lunatics!

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    We also did 9/11. Just FTR.

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