Vladimir Putin to offer Iran's Hassan Rowhani missile systems, nuclear reactor

Russian president Vladimir Putin will reportedly offer to supply missile systems to Iran and build a second nuclear power reactor in the country, a move likely to gladden Tehran and trouble the United States.

Iran's new president Hassan Rowhani is set to meet Mr Putin on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, in the newly elected centrist cleric's first meeting with a major world leader.

The Kommersant business daily reported on Wednesday that Mr Putin will offer to supply Iran with S-300 air defence missile systems as well as build a second reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant.

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