Joseph or ‘Joe’ Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday, stepping back from US' war aggression against Iran. He refused to "support" US in the war against Iran citing 'good conscience' and claimed that the US started this war under pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. This has been the first high-profile resignation in an inner opposition to President Donald Trump's decision to start a war against Iran amid already tense situation. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. In his long resignation Kent praised Trump's first administration where according to him the US President "applied military power more decisively" who understood power dynamics better than modern presidents.

Source: dna March 17, 2026 14:38 UTC