New York Times: Israel claims that Iran is considering using chemical weapons The "New York Times" reported that Israel provided the United States with information claiming that Iran is considering the possibility of using chemical weapons against its enemies. According to this newspaper, American officials disagree about the validity of these claims. Some see this threat as serious and evaluate it in the context of warnings about the possibility of Iran attacking American interests; But another group believes that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to put pressure on Washington to resume large-scale military operations against Iran. According to this report, several US officials compared these claims to the controversial 2002 allegations that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction; the claims were made before the US attack on Iraq.