Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran next week to discuss the interim deal reached by world powers and Tehran over its nuclear program and other issues, Russian news agencies reported on Friday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran next week to discuss the interim deal reached by world powers and Tehran over its nuclear program and other issues, Russian news agencies reported on Friday.

During the visit on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lavrov plans to discuss the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program "in the context of the agreements recently reached in Geneva", Interfax quoted a Russian Foreign Ministry official as saying.

In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry insisted on Iran's participation in Geneva II conference on Syria.