Top US counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Iran war

Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center director, resigned from his position citing opposition to the war in Iran. Kent stated that Iran posed no imminent threat and accused the Trump administration of starting the war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. The White House dismissed Kent's claims as false, with President Trump calling him "weak on security" and stating he was glad Kent resigned. Kent, a former US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife was killed in Syria, alleged that high-ranking Israeli officials and influential journalists misled the president into believing Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States. Kent's resignation marks the most high-profile criticism of the US-Israeli operation in Iran from within the Trump administration.