The IAEA said on the 19th it is investigating a nighttime attack on the construction site of Iran’s under-construction Darkhovin nuclear power plant. The agency said the plant remains at an early construction stage, its last visit found no nuclear material on site, and it currently judges the incident is unlikely to pose a radiological risk.

Iraq's Prime Minister Ali Zaydi will visit Iran within the next week and sign multiple MOUs in Tehran covering several areas of cooperation, local media reported.

MIIT chief engineer Wang Weiming said at a State Council Information Office briefing on the 20th that in 1H equipment manufacturing value added rose 6.4% YoY, accounted for 20% of value added at industrial enterprises above designated size and contributed 23.5% to growth of that measure, supporting stable industrial activity. Industrial robot output was up 28% YoY and service robot output rose 11.9%.