I browsed over the story. I think they were a little far from Iran, it seems more likely they were just shifting some stuff around and took the easy way out. Occam's razor / sensationalism.
However, it is possible.
Lately I've been looking at conspiracy theories more and more, mainly because of the liberties set forth by our ancestors that are eroding to nothing. Is there a conspiracy to enslave us in the name of protecting us from terrorism? The upper-class seems to do and take whatever they want while I sit inside a cube-farm punching on chicklet keys..