Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Poutu-te-rangi 2015, i kitea e te kaiwhakawa ā-rohe o U.S. a Rudolph Contreras ko Iran rāua ko Sudan te hunga whai wāhi ki te whakaeke i te USS "Cole" i te tau 2000 e al Qaeda
, e kii ana "I uru tika a Iran ki te whakatuu i te whatunga Yemen o Al-Qaeda me te tautoko i te whakangungu me te raupaparorohiko mo Al-Qaeda i te rohe o te Moana" na roto i a Hezbollah. E rua nga kaiwhakawa o mua i whakatau ko Sudan te kawenga mo tana mahi i roto i te whakaeke, engari ko te whakatau a Contreras "te mea tuatahi ki te kimi i a Iran hei kawenga mo te kaupapa".