“War driven by Israel pressure”: US counterterror head resigns

March 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM

The head of the ⁠United States’s National ⁠Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, has resigned ‌over the US-Israel war on Iran.

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran”, Kent wrote in a letter to Donald Trump ⁠posted on ⁠X.

“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.”