The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs praised the resigned US officials as having "conscience".

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Baqaei expressed on the 18th regarding the resignation of Joe Kent, the Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, that this is the "bare minimum" that every "conscientious" American can and should do. Baqaei, when reposting Kent's resignation post on social media that day, said: "This war is not the American people's war. Drawing a clear line with this illegal war is the bare minimum that every conscientious American citizen or official can and should do." Kent announced his resignation on the 17th, and in a letter to President Trump, he stated: "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war with Iran. Iran does not pose an imminent threat to our country, and it is clear that this war is being waged under pressure from Israel and its powerful lobbying groups in the US."