Al-Qaeda lederen Ayman al-Zawahiri har indigneret benægtet disse konspirationsteorier og beskyldt [[Shiisme|shia-muslimer]], [[Hezbollah]] og [[Iran]] for at stå bag dem: ''"målsætningen bag denne løgn er at benægte, at [[Sunni-islam|sunnierne]] har helte, der skader Amerika, som ingen har skadet det i hele sin historie"'' og videre at Irans formål med at sprede sådanne konspirationsteorier er at dække for dets del i invasionerne af Irak og Afghanistan<ref name="RebellionWright">[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/02/080602fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all The Rebellion Within, An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism. by Lawrence Wright. newyorker.com, June 2, 2008]</ref><ref>{{cite news
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|title=Al-Qaeda accuses Iran of 9/11 lie
|date=2008-04-22
|work=[[BBC News]]
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7361414.stm
|access-date=2008-08-05
}}</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/22/zawahiri.targets.ap/ Al Qaeda No. 2: Attacks on Western nations in works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924195416/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/22/zawahiri.targets.ap/ |date=24. september 2008 }}, [[CNN]], [[22. april]] [[2008]]</ref><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352066,00.html Al Qaeda No. 2 Accuses Iran of Spreading 9/11 Conspiracy Rumor], [[Fox News Channel]], [[22. april]] [[2008]]</ref>.
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