BREAKING: Joseph Kent, head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, resigned over the US-Israel war in Iran, saying in a letter to President Donald Trump that “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation”. pic.twitter.com/SmSSeTarQk
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) March 17, 2026
🚨 JUST IN: National Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent resigns from DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s office because of the Iran war
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 17, 2026
KENT: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due… pic.twitter.com/hovxMeTkIZ