On July 3, 1988, the American navy ship USS Vincennes, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser operating in the Persian Gulf, shot down Iran Air Flight 655,

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When and why did the United States policy of containment of Iran come about? How did it evolve? Where is it going? Much has been said about the US policy of dua