Iranian foreign minister to visit Moscow on August

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will pay a working visit to Moscow on August 16-17, Russian MFA Press and Information Department said on Wednesday. Salehi has a scheduled meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss various issues, including the country's disputed nuclear program. The U.S. and other Western countries accuse Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the cover of peaceful nuclear energy program. Tehran denies all the charges, saying that its nuclear program is focused on the country's electricity needs. The UN Security Council passed a resolution imposing sanctions on Iran on June 9, 2010, after Tehran announced its plans to enrich uranium to 20%. Tehran has also announced its intentions to build a second uranium enriching plant. The latest round of Iran-Six talks over its nuclear program, which took place in Istanbul, yielded no significant results. Both Russia and the EU said they were disappointed with the talks.