Iran Air flight 655

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Mourners and soldiers stand behind coffins draped in Iranian flags at a funeral in Tehran for Iran Air Flight 655 victims, with a large illustration of the plane being shot down displayed.

Iranian President Ali Khamenei speaks at a podium in Tehran with a large Iranian flag piercing an American flag and the U.S. Presidential Seal, portraits and banners behind him.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: CNN - In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle.	Grace Young	Sep 01, 2026
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 26, 2026
	Added section headers and media.	Adam Zeidan	Mar 09, 2026
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 06, 2026
	Cross-reference added.	Tracy Grant	Mar 06, 2026
	Add new Web site: ADST - USS Vincennes Shoots Down Iran Air Flight 655.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 12, 2025
	Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Iran Air Flight 655 and the USS Vincennes.	Yamini Chauhan	Dec 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: The Washington Post - The forgotten story of Iran Air Flight 655.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - H-020-1: The Fog of War: USS Vincennes Tragedy�3 July 1988.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 28, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - Iran Air Flight 655 Summary.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: CNN - In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: PBS NewsHour - Plane crash may be grim echo of U.S. downing of Iran flight in 1988.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 20, 2023
	Add new Web site: NPR - The Legacy Of Iran Air Flight 655, Accidentally Shot Down By U.S. Forces.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 08, 2023
	Added missing space after “…more protective measures.”	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 08, 2020
	Add new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Sep 05, 2017
	New article added.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 05, 2017