The Jan. 9 crash of a passenger jet near Tehran that killed all 176 people aboard carries echoes of a 1988 tragedy in which a plane that had originated in the Iranian capital was shot down, leaving 290 people dead.
Washington Post: Suspected shoot-down of passenger jet near Tehran mirrors 1988 Iran Air tragedy
Over ten-thousand Iranians joined in carrying 72 coffins through the streets of Tehran on July 7, 1988 to protest against the US attack on Iran Air flight 655 which killed 290 passangers.
