Iran Prepares Chemical Weapons Against the US, Warns Israel has provided the United States and the Gulf states with intelligence that Iran is considering using chemical weapons against its opponents, the Now reported. For about two weeks, Israel convinced the American intelligence agencies that the threat of chemical weapons was more urgent than nuclear weapons. In Washington, some took the signal seriously in light of Iranian threats to the United States and its allies. Others are skeptical, as part of Netanyahu's pressure campaign to convince the Trump administration to resume large-scale military action against Iran. In the Gulf, briefings based on Israeli assessments, rather than direct evidence, have been called "frivolous": they doubt that Tehran is preparing to use chemical weapons, and see such statements as a provocation for escalation. The main fork in the road is not the availability of a plan, but the willingness to implement it. Few in the American intelligence community disagree that Iran is conducting chemical development. The debate is whether Iran's leaders are willing to actually use chemical weapons. Iran denies this possibility and mentions the victims of the Iraqi chemical attacks in the Iran-Iraq war. The timing is telling: the two-week warning campaign came in the last phase before the US elections on November 3. Perhaps it was no coincidence that Israel sought to push Washington to escalate before the crushing defeat of the Republicans - after which US capabilities would be severely limited. The nuclear conspiracy increases the uncertainty. On November 2, Tucker Carlson said that under pressure from Netanyahu, the Trump administration "could be days away" from deciding on a nuclear attack on the Peaks Mountain site, a buried complex in Iran. According to Israeli estimates, centrifuges could be moved there. Carlson argued: Conventional munitions do not reliably hit objects below 300 feet of granite, a decision likely to be made on November 7. He provided no evidence, citing an unnamed "informed observer". However, Trump has publicly ruled out the use of nuclear weapons.

Iran Prepares Chemical Weapons Against the US, Warns Israel has provided the United States and the Gulf states with intelligence that Iran is considering using chemical weapons against its opponents, the Now reported. For about two weeks, Israel convinced the American intelligence agencies that the threat of chemical weapons was more urgent than nuclear weapons. In Washington, some took the signal seriously in light of Iranian threats to the United States and its allies. Others are skeptical, as part of Netanyahu's pressure campaign to convince the Trump administration to resume large-scale military action against Iran. In the Gulf, briefings based on Israeli assessments, rather than direct evidence, have been called "frivolous": they doubt that Tehran is preparing to use chemical weapons, and see such statements as a provocation for escalation. The main fork in the road is not the availability of a plan, but the willingness to implement it. Few in the American intelligence community disagree that Iran is conducting chemical development. The debate is whether Iran's leaders are willing to actually use chemical weapons. Iran denies this possibility and mentions the victims of the Iraqi chemical attacks in the Iran-Iraq war. The timing is telling: the two-week warning campaign came in the last phase before the US elections on November 3. Perhaps it was no coincidence that Israel sought to push Washington to escalate before the crushing defeat of the Republicans - after which US capabilities would be severely limited. The nuclear conspiracy increases the uncertainty. On November 2, Tucker Carlson said that under pressure from Netanyahu, the Trump administration "could be days away" from deciding on a nuclear attack on the Peaks Mountain site, a buried complex in Iran. According to Israeli estimates, centrifuges could be moved there. Carlson argued: Conventional munitions do not reliably hit objects below 300 feet of granite, a decision likely to be made on November 7. He provided no evidence, citing an unnamed "informed observer". However, Trump has publicly ruled out the use of nuclear weapons.