Israel says Iran plans to use chemical weapons against enemies

Information that could justify new American strikes in Iran? According to our colleagues at the New York Times, Israeli intelligence services have informed their American counterparts that Iran would consider using chemical weapons against its adversaries.

This information caused concern among some officials, while others reportedly greeted the news with skepticism, believing that Israel was seeking to push the United States to become more involved in the conflict with Tehran. Israel is also said to have shared its intelligence with several Gulf countries.

The United States has publicly asserted, in unclassified documents in recent years, that Iran is “probably seeking” to continue its research and development in the field of chemical weapons, even though the country had acknowledged in 2003 the development of such weapons during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. The regime has since claimed to have dismantled them.

Chemical weapon on a drone

Still according to the New York Times, the Israeli army has not confirmed this information, and no chemical attack preparation exercises have been organized among the civilian population. However, from a source close to the matter, the hypothesis of the use of a drone to transport a chemical weapon is among the hypotheses, as is the installation of a chemical weapon on a ballistic missile. The White House has not yet commented on the New York Times information.