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New Delhi: Joseph Kent, head of the United States’ National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned over the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran, according to reports. In his resignation letter, Kent said that Iran posed no “imminent threat” to the United States, and suggested that Israeli pressure had influenced President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the war. "After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today," he wrote in a post on X, announcing his resignation. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent…

Tehran: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani had been killed, according to Reuters, though there has been no confirmation from Tehran. “Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated overnight and joined the head of the annihilation programme, Khamenei, and all the eliminated members of the axis of evil, in the depths of hell,” Katz said, as cited by his office. Reports of Larijani’s alleged death had earlier surfaced in Israeli media. However, later in the day, a post appeared on his social media account paying tribute to the “martyrs” of the Islamic…

Tel Aviv: The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office shared an image on its official X, formerly Twitter, account that it said showed Benjamin Netanyahu overseeing military action against senior figures in Iran’s leadership, signalling a sharp escalation in the widening Israel–Iran conflict. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordering the elimination of senior Iranian regime officials,” and showed him in a command setting as the conflict with Iran rages on, with both nations carrying out strikes against each other. The post came amid a surge of online speculation, including unverified claims and conspiracy theories alleging that Netanyahu had been killed or incapacitated by Iranian strikes.…