SAMARKAND, September 15. /TASS/. Representatives of around 80 Russian companies will be send with a business mission to Iran soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the SCO summit on Thursday.

"We will send a substantial delegation from business circles to you next week. Around 80 Russian companies participate in it overall," he said, adding that the first such major business mission visited Iran this May.