Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed ‘no imminent threat’ to US

Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war in Iran.


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