3 September 19891989

The claim that the attack on Iran's passenger plane was intentional.

On the 12th of Shahrivar 1368 (September 3, 1989), a high-ranking American military official made a newsworthy statement about the USS Vincennes' attack on Iran's passenger plane, claiming it was intentional.

This incident occurred on the 12th of Tir 1367 (July 3, 1988), when an Iran Air passenger plane was hit by a missile from the American warship over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people on board .

More events in this period

15 August 1979The armed attack on Paveh; the beginning of the conflicts of the 1980s.
16 August 1979The approval of the Press Law by the Revolutionary Council; a tool for controlling the media.
20 August 1979The Kurdistan crisis and the dispatch of forces to Sanandaj.
25 August 1979Kayhan Newspaper Headlines; The Tense Atmosphere After the Revolution
1 September 1979The destruction of the Bab house in Shiraz
10 September 1979The passing of Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Taleghani.