
On July 3, 1988, the aircraft flying IR655 was deliberately shot down by the U.S navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes between Bandar Abbas and Dubai, ,martyring all 290 passengers and crew aboard. A while later, however, American authorities decorated the commander of this warship with a medal of valor, in an obvious attempt to insult the Iranian nation.
On July 3, 1988, the aircraft flying IR655 was deliberately shot down by the U.S navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes between Bandar Abbas and Dubai, ,martyring all 290 passengers and crew aboard. A while later, however, American authorities decorated the commander of this warship with a medal of valor, in an obvious attempt to insult the Iranian nation.