Pakistan interior minister meets Pezeshkian during Tehran visit

The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Sunday it has been informed that radiation levels remained normal at the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant after a drone strike caused a fire in an electrical generator outside the plant’s inner perimeter.

The IAEA said it had been informed by the UAE that no injuries were reported and that emergency diesel generators were providing power to Unit 3 of the plant.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed grave concern over the incident and said military activity threatening nuclear safety was unacceptable.

The agency said it was in constant contact with UAE authorities and was ready to provide assistance if needed.

Pressure on Iran’s housing market is pushing a rise in shared living arrangements in small urban apartments, with landlords and tenants increasingly dividing limited space to cope with rising rents and mortgage costs, according to local media.

A report by Peyam-e Ma documents a growing trend in which 40–60 square meter apartments are being split between unrelated occupants as rent levels outpace incomes and turn standard tenancy into negotiated cohabitation.

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Israel began preparing a covert site in Iraq more than a year before using it in operations against Iran, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing regional officials.

The report said the site, hidden in Iraq’s western desert, was used during the 12-day war against Iran in June 2025.

The New York Times also cited two Iraqi security officials as saying that in both the 12-day war and the current one, Washington compelled Iraq to shut down its radars to protect US aircraft.

The Wall Street Journal had previously reported the presence of an Israeli outpost in Iraq. Iraq’s security forces spokesman Lt. Gen. Saad Maan told The New York Times that Baghdad had “no information regarding the locations of any Israeli military bases.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he was scheduled to speak with US President Donald Trump later in the day, adding that he expected the conversation to include Iran.

Netanyahu said he wanted to hear about Trump’s recent trip to China, including his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

He said he believed the two leaders would also discuss “Iran, where, as I said several days ago, there are many possibilities and we are prepared for every scenario.”

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he opposed US President Donald Trump on issues including the Iran war, but that their disagreements should not prevent constructive ties.

“Trump knows I oppose war with Iran, disagree with his intervention in Venezuela and condemn the genocide that is happening in Palestine,” Lula told the Washington Post.

He added that he had handed Trump a copy of a 2010 nuclear agreement that Brazil and Turkey negotiated with Iran and that Trump said he would read it.