A senior Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that the imminent visit of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to Iran can yield positive results, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

The upcoming visit to Iran by the IAEA chief can yield positive results for the settlement of Iran-West nuclear debates if Amano acts upon his legal and technical obligations, rather than pursuing a political agenda, the member of Iran's Majlis ( parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh told Fars.

"Amano's visit indicates the sensitivity of the diplomacy which has been formed on Iran's nuclear program," Falahatpisheh was quoted as saying.

He said Amano's reports on Iran's nuclear activities strongly affect the stance of the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany (P5+1), said the report.

The P5+1 and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 23.

"In these conditions, his visit to Iran can leave positive effects in case he, this time, acts upon his technical and legal obligations," Falahatpisheh said, adding that Amano's success in doing so will be in the interest of the agency and its legal standing in international equations and will also help diplomatic efforts to settle the Iran-West nuclear standoff.

On Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a brief statement that Amano would visit Tehran for nuclear talks and would discuss issues of mutual interest with high-level Iranian officials on Monday.

During his one-day working visit, Amano would meet Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and other senior representatives of the Iranian government.

The talks aim at pushing Iran to allow IAEA experts access to sites, people and documents the agency seeks to address concerns that the country might have been working on nuclear weapons.