Secretary-General Annan will visit Iran during his trip to the Middle East next week, U.N. officials announced yesterday, adding that he expects to confer with President Ahmadinejad, the Holocaust denier who has repeatedly made public pleas for the annihilation of a U.N. member state. Mr. Annan's trip will also include a stop in Damascus, Syria, a U.N. spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said.American officials last week attempted to deter Mr. Annan from traveling to either Iran or Syria. The trip is intended to boost the Lebanon diplomacy effort as stipulated by the Security Council's resolution 1701, which last week inspired a lull in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon