Former US official Joe Kent has given a big statement regarding the Middle East war, a day after his resignation. He said that Israel played a role in escalating this conflict and Iran was not close to making nuclear weapons at that time. Joe Kent, who has been the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He said in an interview that Israel took such steps which worsened the situation and retaliatory action from Iran was certain. He also said that Israel was confident that America would have to support America in the end.

Speaking on Iran’s nuclear program, Kent refuted Donald Trump’s claim that Iran could make nuclear weapons within a few weeks. Kent clearly said that there was no such threat. He also told that a religious order (Fatwa) has been in force in Iran since 2004, in which there is a ban on making nuclear weapons. According to him, American agencies had no evidence that Iran was violating this order.

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“The Israelis drove the decision to take this action, which we knew would set off a series of events because the Iranians would retaliate.”pic.twitter.com/rtgpnhDtnJ

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Statement on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Kent also said that America did not benefit from the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, but it gave more strength to Iran’s hard-line people. At the same time, the White House has rejected these allegations. On behalf of the Trump administration, it was said that the President takes his own decisions and does not work under the pressure of any other country. This statement has come at a time when the war in the Middle East is increasing rapidly and there is concern around the world about its impact.