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History at your fingertips endobj <> By Farhang Rajaee. 336, 336 (1989)Iran Air Flight 655 and Beyond: Free Passage, Mistaken Self-Defense, and State Responsibility, by David K. Linnan, Yale Journal of International Law, Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 1991. The International Court of Justice case relating to the attack, "the Aerial Incident of July 3, 1988" (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), was dropped on 22 February 1996 following settlement and reparations by the United States.Three years after the incident, Admiral Crowe admitted on American television show Commander David Carlson, commanding officer of USS Throughout its final flight, Flight 655 was in radio contact with various air traffic control services using standard civil aviation frequencies, and had spoken in English to Bandar Abbas Approach Control seconds before The event sparked an intense international controversy, with Iran condemning the attack. 15 0 obj <> endobj It was noted that investigators failed to interview others near the In Iran it was widely believed that the U.S. attack had been deliberate, and Iranian authorities worried that it indicated the United States was planning to join forces with Iraq. endobj

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