Top Counter-Terrorism Official Resigns Over Opposition to Iran Conflict

Kathmandu. Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the body advising the US President Donald Trump and the Director of National Intelligence on terrorism-related challenges, has resigned in protest against the ongoing war with Iran.Publishing his resignation letter on the social media platform X, Kent clarified that he could not support the current war, calling it something his 'conscience could not accept.' He claimed that Iran poses no immediate threat to the US and made the serious accusation that this war was initiated due to pressure from Israel and the Israeli lobby in the United States.In his letter,...