In 1996, the governments of the United States and Iran reached a settlement at the International Court of Justice which included the statement "...the United States recognized the aerial incident of 3 July 1988 as a terrible human tragedy and expressed deep regret over the loss of lives caused by the incident..."
En 1996 os Estados Unidos e Irán chegaron a un acordo no Tribunal Internacional de Xustiza que incluía a declaración "...os Estados Unidos recoñecen o incidente aéreo do 3 de xullo de 1988 como unha terrible traxedia humana e expresan un profundo pesar pola perda de vidas causada polo incidente...".