“We do not expect any further attacks,” Esper said in an interview with CBS News.

NEW: “We do not expect any further attacks," @EsperDod tells @margbrennan as tensions flare between the US and Iran. Pic.twitter.com/DmyKewS5v8

- Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 12, 2020

The head of the Pentagon also announced the readiness of the United States to negotiate with Iran without preconditions.

Iran’s missile attack on the night of January 8 of two American bases in Iraq was a response to the assassination of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Kassem Suleimani during a US special operation on January 3 in Baghdad.