NBC: US expects Iran to retaliate in next 48 hours

The United States is preparing for the possibility that Iran may retaliate after an attack on its nuclear facilities. This could happen in the next 48 hours, NBC news reports, citing two unnamed Pentagon officials and a senior White House official.

According to them, it is unclear at this time whether possible retaliatory measures will be aimed at foreign or domestic targets, or at all at once.

Even before the overnight U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, two officials familiar with military planning said Tehran already had plans to attack U.S. military targets in the Middle East. At the time, however, there was no indication that the plans would be deployed soon .

On the night of June 22, the United States attacked Iran's nuclear facilities from the air. US President Donald Trump called Tehran a "bully" and said it should return to negotiations. He also warned that attempts to respond to the attacks would be met with force.

• According to Fox News and CNN, Iran could have been attacked with 30 Tomahawk missiles and five to six GBU-57 anti-bunker bombs.
• Israel welcomed the US attacks on Iran, while the UN Secretary General and a number of politicians in the US condemned them.
• Iran, after the US attack, requested an urgent UN meeting and fired missiles at Israel. 11 people were reported injured, a residential building in Tel Aviv was destroyed.