India, March 17 -- The director of the United States' National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced on Tuesday that he has resigned owing to the ongoing war with Iran.

He said that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the United States and that the war was started due to the "pressure" from Israel. Kent said he took the decision after "much reflection".

"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby," Kent wrote in a letter addressed to the United States President Donald Trump.

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In the letter, Kent expressed his disappointment over t...