Anniversary of 1988 shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655

Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by US missiles on 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War.

It was destroyed by the U.S. Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes, resulting in the death of all 290 passengers and crew aboard, including 66 children, ranking it the seventh among the deadliest airliner fatalities.