Anniversary of the downing of an Iranian Air Airbus A300 in the Persian Gulf

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard looks out over the Persian Gulf during a ceremony commemorating the victims of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by a U.S. warship over two decades ago off the coast of Iran on July 2, 2012. On July 3, 1988 an Iranian Air Airbus A300 was shot down as it passed over the Persian Gulf, all 290 passengers were killed. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian