World and Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Hossein Reza-zadeh escaped unhurt from a car accident on the way to the weightlifting camp in northern Iran on Saturday.

Iranian and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts will a start a third round of talks in Tehran on Monday to resolve the remaining issues between the two sides.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to leave Tehran for Baku, Azerbaijan on a two-day visit starting on Wednesday.