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Herat mosque blast

The death toll from an explosion in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat rises to 18. Over twenty others have been wounded. The blast rocked a mosque during Friday prayers. Police say a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric and a number of civilians were killed. Two weeks ago, a huge blast hit another mosque in the capital Kabul, killing at least 21 people. That explosion happened during evening prayers. A string of attacks has hit Afghanistan over the past year since the Taliban took control. The attacks have mainly targeted mosques, with some claimed by the Daesh terror group.

JCPOA revival efforts

Iran once again stresses it’s ready for a good, strong and lasting agreement in the talks to revive the 2015 deal known as the JCPOA. Iran’s foreign minister made the comment in a phone call with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also touched upon Iran’s latest indirect correspondence with the US over an EU proposal to restore the JCPOA. He said Iran prepared its response with a view to accelerate and facilitate the finalization of the talks. Earlier, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said an expert team carefully reviewed and submitted its views to the EU coordinator. The ministry described Iran’s text as constructive. The US, however, says Iran’s response was not constructive. The JCPOA was thrown into chaos in 2018 when the US pulled out of it and imposed anti-Iran sanctions.

Ukraine nuclear plant inspection

It’s day two of the International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has become the latest flashpoint in the war with Russia. The IAEA chief says the inspectors will stay on at the facility until at least Monday and provide a neutral and technical assessment. Rafael Grossi also added that the physical integrity of the plant has been clearly violated several times. The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, says Moscow views the inspector’s visit to Zaporizhzhia as very positive. The IAEA inspectors are surveying operations and assessing potential damage at the plant. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the repeated shelling of the plant which has prompted fears of a possible nuclear leak.

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