The case arose through the servicing of small Iranian jets at Heathrow airport.

After the incident with the Geofizik-3, Iranian jets were picked up entering Azerbaijan's airspace several times, Azerbaijani and Western officials said.

When the operator searched for signals from the unknown aircraft, the Iranian civilian jet was close to the Bandar Abbas runway.

The PDKI said on Saturday that four of its guerrillas had been killed when six Iranian jets had bombed its headquarters in the area.

A27 The crew of the U.S.S. Vincennes was greeted by a hero's welcome three months after downing an Iranian jet by mistake.

Close to 90 percent of Basra's buildings were obliterated by Iranian jets, missiles and more than 65,000 artillery shells during Iraq's eight-year war with Iran.

Iranian jets bombed an Iraqi garrison in the region, the Teheran radio reported, but Iran's news media made no comment on the Iraqi claim of victory.

An earlier statement by the Pentagon that the escorting planes fired a flare to warn the Iranian jet was later amended.

The Navy awarded combat ribbons to the crew of the guided-missile cruiser Vincennes shortly after they mistakenly shot down an Iranian civilian jet in 1988.

This assurance was confirmed immediately after the Vincennes shot down the Iranian jet, Flight 655 out of Bandar Abbas, killing all 290 people aboard.