It just occurred to me. I mean the Rats have tried everything else.
You're probably on to something. The Rats are totally at a loss for what to do, so dredging up something from the past, a replay of the '79 hostage crisis, is about as creative as they can be anymore. It's pretty easy to imagine John Kerry thinking himself So Clever to present such a plan to his Iranian Deep State friends, may they rest in perdition.