The Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, who advises both United States President, Donald Trump and Director of National Intelligence on terror threats, has resigned over the war with Iran.
His resignation, is the first most high-profile from the Trump’s administration since the war started, and it came on a day the new Iran leader, Mojtaba khamenei, rejected de-escalation proposal conveyed to Tehran by intermediaries.
Kent, in a resignation letter posted on X, stated that Iran posed no imminent threat to the US, saying he could not in good conscience support the ongoing war.
Meanwhile, The Israeli military said on tuesday that it had killed one of Iran’s highest-ranking leaders, Ali Larijani, in an overnight airstrike near Tehran.