Tehran, Sep 2 (DPA) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived here for a two-day visit Saturday to persuade Iran to suspend uranium enrichment and avoid possible sanction due to its nuclear dispute with the UN Security Council.

Annan is to meet Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki and Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani. On Sunday, he will meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and discuss the nuclear row.