The timing of the jet crash near Tehran on Jan. 8 – coming just hours after Iran fired missiles at Iraqi military bases housing American troops – immediately led to suspicion that the plane had been downed by a missile.
New York Times: Iranian jet crash has eerie historical parallel
Over ten-thousand Iranians joined in carrying 72 coffins through the streets of Tehran on July 7, 1988 to protest against the US attack on Iran Air flight 655 which killed 290 passangers.
