As reported by various international media outlets, US military airplane caused injuries to Iranian civilians on board Airbus A340 operated by Iran’s Mahan Airlines when it was harassed in Syrian airspace.
According to Press TV, “US warplanes harassed an Iranian passenger plane approaching the Beirut airport two times in six minutes during the Thursday (July 23) terrorist incident… US warplanes, which harassed the Iranian civilian aircraft on Thursday night took off from al-Azraq air base in Jordan, adding that al-Azraq air base is presumably the same base from which a US drone took off to assassinate the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Quds Force, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and his companions.”
It is not the first time the US has targeted an Iranian civilian airplane. On July 3, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655, with 290 people on board was shot down by a missile fired from the USS Vincennes as it flew over the Persian Gulf from Iran to Dubai.
In 1990, Captain of the Vincennes, William C. Rogers III, was awarded the Legion of Merit by George Bush Sr. “for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service as commanding officer [...] from April 1987 to May 1989”.
Courtesy: Press TV
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