Putin says deal on Iran's nuclear program 'very close'

[December 18, 2014]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the six world powers and Iran were "very close" to reaching an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

He also told his annual end-of-year news conference that economic ties between Moscow and Teheran would benefit if the deal were clinched.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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