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On the morning of 3rd of July 1988, an Iran Air airbus passenger plane, flight number 655, took off from the port city of Bandar Abbas for a routine thrice a week flight to Dubai across the Persian Gulf with 290 passengers on board including 160 men, 73 women and 57 children.

July 3, 1988, Persian Gulf, Straight of Hormuz: The Iranian passenger plane, an Airbus A-300 just taken off from the southern Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas. The aircraft is still climbing inside an internationally-recognized route. But the American missile cruiser - USS Vincennes- targets the airplane with two Standard missiles, killing all 274 passengers plus the 16 crew. Press TV\'s Ehsan Keivani reports from Tehran.

Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by US missiles on Sunday 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward the end of the Iran--Iraq War.The aircraft, an Airbus A300B2 operated by Iran Air as IR655, was flying from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Dubai, UAE, when it was destroyed by the US. Is this an example of US policy hypocrisy towards Iran?

Part 6 of an 8 part documentary by Press TV looking at the relationship between Iran and the United States Government. More specifically since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 and indeed with a focus on events following the revolution. This documentary has been produced and put together by Press TV's Documentary Team

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