With recent events in mind, I was curious about what any official stance is on this mildly similar event. It did happen in 1988, so it seems to be fair game as far as time goes. I tried to figure out exactly how and why and what the circumstances were for the airliner being downed, but it seems like there's very little consensus amongst the media and Reddit general public...
So historians, what's the truth as we know it on Iran Air Flight 655? Any potential historiography on the event would be appreciated too, just to have both sides of the story.
The facts are not in question -- the ICAO report made a lie out of US claims. The most important fact was what the US Navy tried to cover-up: the location of the Vincennes when it shot down the airliner -- inside Iranian waters, making the "self-defense" claim nonsense.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/ir655-nightline-19920701.html