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Wikipedia tells me......
An Iranian scholar present at the conference said a turning point in Iran's thinking came with the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane in July 1988 by the American cruiser USS Vincennes. That incident apparently led Ayatollah Khomeini to conclude that Iran could not risk the possibility of U.S. open combat operations against Iran and he decided it was time to end the conflict.

So, what if the USA does not acidentally shoot down the aircraft, and the war keeps going on?

Another quesition of mine is:It was a stalemate for 8 years, could either side have really won?
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