What John Kiriakou has said about United States war with Iran

Kiriakou says Trump's televised threat to attack Iran's electrical grid amounted to announcing a war crime.

“the president threatened again to attack Iran's infrastructure, specifically its electrical grid. And that is quite literally a war crime”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 47:31

Kiriakou claims Israel had a vested interest in misleading the United States into fighting Iran on its behalf.

“I think that the Israelis had a vested interest in lying to us and pulling us into this war to do their dirty work for them”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 48:06

Kiriakou says two national intelligence estimates in the past 20 years concluded Iran had no nuclear weapons program.

“The CIA in the last 20 years has written two national intelligence estimates. Now, this is a sense of the entire intelligence community concluding both times that the Iranians did not have a nuclear weapons program”

The Megyn Kelly Show: Trump FIRES Bondi, CIA's "MK Ultra" History, and "Two Weeks" Talking Point, with John Kiriakou, Sean Davis, and Sohrab Ahmari | Ep. 1287 (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 50:45