Top counterterrorism official resigns over the Iran war, saying "Iran posed no imminent threat"

Joe Kent, President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday in protest of the Iran war, publicly stating that "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation." Kent's departure marks the first high-level administration resignation over the conflict and signals internal disagreement on the justification for military action against Iran. Kent was a controversial appointment to lead the counterterrorism agency, and his exit during Trump's second term reflects tension between the White House's Iran policy and at least one senior national security official's assessment of the threat level. The resignation may embolden other administration officials skeptical of the war to voice their concerns, or conversely, signal that dissent on Iran policy will accelerate departures from the national security establishment.