Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war

美国顶级反恐官员因伊朗战争辞职

Newshour

2026-03-18

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Joe Kent, the head of the US National Counterterrorism Centre and a long-time Trump supporter, has announced his resignation from the role. He said he could not in good conscience back the administration's war. The BBC’s US State Department correspondent gives us more details on this development. Also on the programme: At least 100 people are dead after a Pakistani airstrike hit an Afghan hospital; how Fijian bull sharks appear to have preferred swimming companions while avoiding others; and a man living close to the Ukrainian front line tells us what daily life is like as the war with Russia continues. (Photo: Joe Kent speaking into a microphone. Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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  • Hello, I'm Paul Henley.

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  • Since the start of the Iran war two and a half weeks ago, disagreement within the US Republican Party has been fairly muted.

  • Today, a significant crack emerged.

  • The head of the US National Counterterrorism Center, who is a long-time supporter of Donald Trump,

  • has announced his resignation, saying he couldn't in good conscience back the administration's war.

  • In a letter to the President, Joe Kent said Iran posed no immediate threat to the US and it was clear Mr Trump had gone to war under pressure from Israel

  • and its powerful American lobby.

  • Mr Kent, who is a former Green Beret combat veteran, urged the President to change course.

  • Otherwise, he said, the US would slip further towards decline and chaos.

  • Donald Trump spoke about Mr Kent to reporters today.

  • It's a good thing that he's out because he said that Iran was not a threat.

  • Iran was a threat.