"Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation": Director of US National Counterterrorism Center resigns over West Asia conflict

Iran Herald · March 17, 2026 War

Washington DC [US], March 17 (ANI): The Director of the United States' National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Joseph Kent, on Tuesday, resigned from his post in protest against the ongoing war with Iran, asserting that Tehran did not present an imminent threat to the United States and strongly criticising the rationale for military action.

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