Iran is a sovereign nation with no problems accessing commercial jet aircraft. If they want to weaponize one, why would they bother with all the cloak-and-dagger (and get China all POed besides)? Makes no sense. No, I don’t have a better theory. North Korea is squirrelly enough for anything, but the data don’t point that way. Somalia/Yemen is my best guess, but if so, why have there been no ransom demands? I’m stumped.