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# Iranian Second World War posters showing Hitler as Zahhak from the “Shahnameh”
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/cherchill-stalin-i-ruzvelt-vezut-poverzhennogo-gitlera-so-zmeiami-torchashchimi-iz-plechei-sleduia-za-kave-mificheskim-kuznetsom-podniavshim-vosstanie-protiv-tirana-zakhkhaka/
- Published: 2023-03-18T05:26:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:59:30.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, The East, Art, Society

Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt transport a vanquished Hitler, snakes sprouting from his shoulders, following Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who raised a revolt against the tyrant Zahhak. Goebbels is tied to the horse's tail.

During the Second World War a series of propaganda posters appeared in Iran, based on the national epic, the "Shahnameh", in which Hitler is portrayed as the monstrous three-headed serpent king Zahhak. Two snake heads grow from the shoulders of Zahhak-Hitler, bearing the faces of Mussolini and Hideki Tojo. Goebbels is shown as Zahhak's diabolical cook.

One day Hitler has a dream about three heroes, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, who are destined to kill him. And so it comes to pass.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_8636@18-03-2023_08-26-55.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_8637@18-03-2023_08-26-55.jpg)