New York Times: Israel claimed that Iran is investigating the use of chemical weapons/ there are doubts in America about these claims. The "New York Times" wrote: Israel provided information to the United States based on which Iran is considering using chemical weapons against its enemies. According to US and regional officials, this information deeply concerned some US officials, while others viewed it with serious skepticism. Some American officials see the information provided by Israel as part of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pressure campaign aimed at persuading the Trump administration to resume large-scale military operations against Iran. On the other hand, some other sources believe that these threats should be taken seriously, because recently a series of warnings were raised about Iran's preparations to attack American interests. Israel shared some of this information with the authorities of the Persian Gulf countries. Some of the officials cast doubt on reports that Iran was developing plans to use chemical weapons and believed that Israel was trying to push the United States and its partners back into a more aggressive phase of the war. America's claims about Iran's chemical weapons or the country's intention to build such weapons go back several decades. Iran admitted in 2003 that it had developed chemical capabilities during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, but announced that it had later dismantled those capabilities. In recent years, the United States, in its annual and unclassified intelligence assessments, has publicly stated that Iran "probably intends" to continue research and development in the field of chemical weapons.