On 33rd anniversary of plane tragedy anniversary: US violence keeps targeting Iranians

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recalls the US’s downing of an Iranian passenger plane on the tragedy’s anniversary, saying Washington continues to target the Iranian nation with violence to date.

‘CENTCOM lying; US warplanes harassed Iran airliner in Lebanon airspace’

American F-15 warplanes involved in the harassment of an Iranian passenger plane approaching the Beirut airport were not ‘on a routine air mission,’ a report says, dismissing a claim otherwise made by a US military official.

Downing of Iranian passenger plane by American navy; manifesttion of US slogan of human rights

The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.

On 31st anniversary, Iranian officials, relatives mourn US downing of passenger plane

Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the US downing of its passenger plane, which killed 290 people among them 66 children. Since then the US has neither apologized nor taken responsibility for this crime.

President Rouhani says World’s leading terrorist in no position to judge IRGC

US constantly displaying hostilities towards Iran

The United States displayed his hostilities towards Iran by backing for Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war, and the intentional shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by the US navy in 1988.

Imam Khomeini strongly denounced US downing of passenger plane