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No evidence Iran was building nukes before war, says Former US counterterrorism chief

Washington, May 9 (UNI) The United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon before the recent conflict, according to former National Counterterrorism Center (NCC) director Joe Kent.
In a post on X, Kent said the intelligence community, including the CIA, agreed prior to the war that “Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon.” He also claimed that Iran was expected to respond to any attack by targeting US bases in the region and potentially disrupting the Strait of Hormuz.
“One of the many tragedies of this war is that before it began, the US intelligence community, including CIA, was in agreement that Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon,” Kent wrote.
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