BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will visit the neighboring Iran on Monday, his spokesman told Xinhua on Sunday.

    "President Talabani will start his visit to Iran on Monday. The visit is expected to last a couple of days," Hiwa Uthman said by telephone.

    Talabani will discuss with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on several issues, including those of common interest, Uthman added.

    Talabani's visit to Tehran had been scheduled on Saturday but delayed due to a curfew in Baghdad after a series of deadly bomb attacks on Thursday that killed and wounded hundreds of people in Baghdad Shiite slum of Sadr City.

    The Iraqi government said on Saturday that the curfew will lifted on Baghdad on Monday.

    According to an earlier statement issued from Iraqi presidential office, Talabani also accepted an invitation to visit Damascus and agreed to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

    But the statement did not specify the date of the visit.