MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov will visit Tehran on August 7-8 to discuss the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and Iran's interaction with BRICS.

"I will be there (in Tehran - TASS) on Monday and Tuesday. I will hold meetings with the leadership of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The topic is field-specific: it is, of course, the situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian nuclear program. <...> Plus BRICS. And I will take part in a seminar organized by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on the BRICS - Iran topic," the senior diplomat told TASS.

"Our interaction on international platforms is an important topic where we work closely with Iran - issues of WMD nonproliferation, arms control, peaceful uses of outer space and so on," he went on to say. "This is quite extensive," Ryabkov added.