"Was Iran on the verge of getting a nuclear weapon? No, they weren't three weeks ago when this started, and they weren't in June either. I mean, the Iranians have had a religious ruling a fatwa against actually developing a nuclear weapon since 2004. That's been in place since 2004. That's available in the public sphere."
"But then also, we had no intelligence to indicate that that fatwa was being disobeyed or it was on the cusp of being lifted."
Joe Kent, former counterterrorism director, resigned and publicly stated that Iran does not pose an imminent threat to the United States, directly contradicting assertions made by the Trump administration. Kent explained that Iran has maintained a religious ruling against nuclear weapon development since 2004, and U.S. intelligence showed no evidence of this fatwa being violated or about to be lifted. Despite claims that Iran's nuclear capabilities were destroyed last year, the administration continued asserting the country was close to producing nuclear weapons materials. Kent's resignation letter denounced the U.S. and Israel's conflict with Iran. The White House responded by attempting to discredit Kent's statements.
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