Outside/In: Rules of Engagement
Thousands of Iranians participate in a mass funeral in Tehran for the people who died on Iran Air Flight 655. The plane was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988, and all 290 people on board were killed. Mohammad Sayyad/CP/AP hide caption
Thousands of Iranians participate in a mass funeral in Tehran for the people who died on Iran Air Flight 655. The plane was shot down by the USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988, and all 290 people on board were killed.
Mohammad Sayyad/CP/APThe US and Iran have been in some state of conflict for the last 40 years, since the Iranian revolution. This week, we look at three key moments in this conflict to better understand where it might go next.
If you would like to read more on the topic, here's a list:
- The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist
- Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter
- The Root: The Marines in Beirut by Eric Hammel
- Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State by David Patrikarakos
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