Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to leave Tehran for Riyadh on Friday to take the introductory steps for the participation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the upcoming OPEC heads of state summit in Saudi Arabia next week.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei is likely to present his report on Iran’s latest cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Thursday.

Iran has the right to a peaceful nuclear energy program and is not seeking atomic weapons, China said on Thursday, while urging talks to resolve the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programs.