Former FM Zarif blasts United States on ۳۷th anniversary of downing of an Iranian passenger plane
Mohammad Javad Zarif made remarks in a social media post on Thursday which coincided the ۳۷th anniversary of the downing of the passenger plane by the US forces in the Persian Gulf region.
“Today is the anniversary of US downing of a civilian airliner, killing ۲۹۰ civilians, in am attempt to rescue Saddam Hussain US has now come to rescue another aggressor & wanted war criminal, who is eager to wage "forever wars" to the last American soldier. Wrong side of history,” the former top Iranian diplomat said.
Commemorating the ۳۷th anniversary of the tragic incident, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, earlier said in a message on Thursday, stressing that July ۳ marks a bitter event that once again fully exposed the true face of the “global hegemonic and imperialist system.”
On July ۳, ۱۹۸۸, the USS Vincennes fired missiles at an Iran Air Airbus A۳۰۰B۲, which was flying over the Strait of Hormuz from the port city of Bandar Abbas to Dubai, carrying ۲۷۴ passengers and ۱۶ crew members.
Following the attack, the plane disintegrated and crashed into the Persian Gulf waters, killing all ۲۹۰ on board, among them ۶۶ children.
“Thirty-seven years have passed since the dark day when the USS Vincennes warship fired on Iran Air Flight ۶۵۵, killing ۲۹۰ innocent men, women, and children. This horrific crime, a blatant example of state terrorism, is merely one link in the long chain of US actions against the Iranian nation, the latest of which was its support for the Zionist child-killing regime’s attack on our country’s national security and peaceful nuclear facilities,” Sadegh emphasized.
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