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Putin to visit Tehran this week as planned -Iran

15 Oct 2007 06:40:08 GMT
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TEHRAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Tehran as planned on Monday evening, Iran's Foreign Ministry said, after reports about a possible plot to assassinate him during his visit for a Caspian Sea summit.

"Mr Putin will ... be arriving this evening," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a weekly news briefing broadcast live on an English-language television station.

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Last updated:Mon Oct 15 06:39:14 2007