From Fatwa to Conspiracy: Joe Kent’s Iran Case Falls Apart

Smoke billows from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Alfik

Joe Kent chose a revealing place to begin his claim that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States.

Sitting across from Tucker Carlson, Kent pointed to the Islamic Republic’s supposed “fatwa” against nuclear weapons — offering it as proof that Iran could be trusted to stop short of the bomb.

That argument collapses on contact with reality.