12 Tir · Tishtrya 1405

Events on this day

• Babak Fort gathering · Qal'e-ye Babak

  Azerbaijani · Cultural

  Every year on the first weekend of July, Azerbaijani activists gather at Babak Fort near Kaleybar for Babak Khorramdin's birthday, and every year the authorities try to stop them.

• Iran Air Flight 655 · Parvaz-e 655

  Iranian · Historical

  The USS Vincennes shot down an Iran Air airliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 aboard (12 Tir 1367; 3 July 1988).

Other events

• Apostles' Fast · Day 26
• Maidyoshahem Gahambar · Gahanbar-e Maidyoshahem · Day 5
• The Three Weeks · Bein HaMetzarim · Day 2

Facts

• Day 105 of 1405
• 260 days left
• Zodiac sign: Cancer · Saratan