For this we should give Iran a little leeway. The US did shoot down an Iranian 747 in 1988, killing almost 300 people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air

For this we should give Iran a little leeway. The US did shoot down an Iranian 747 in 1988, killing almost 300 people: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 For context though, KAL-007 had been shot down by the Russians after leaving Alaska to South Korea in 1983, and that same year the truck bombing in Beirut killed also 200+ Americans, so perhaps that played into their decision to fire.