Are your children backpacking out there? These weren’t 13 year-olds, either; they were old enough to know better. Maybe they had a legitimate reason to be there; I find that highly doubtful. Whatever problems we have with Iran, there is no reason to have these 3 idiots/spies/whatever complicate matters
What evidence do you have that the US government or military had anything to do with these people being where they were, or any knowledge that they were there? What possible government purpose could that serve?