Iran will take control of a Russian-built nuclear power station at Bushehr on its Gulf coast on Monday, Iranian Atomic Energy Agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi said.

Iran will take control of a Russian-built nuclear power station at Bushehr on its Gulf coast on Monday, Iranian Atomic Energy Agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi said.

"Tomorrow (Monday) the 1,000 megawatt Bushehr nuclear power station will be handed over to Iran," Salehi told the official IRNA news agency on Sunday.

"But for another two years it will be under Russian guarantee and a number of Russian experts will remain in place to give advice and technical assistance," he added.

Salehi is to join Russian officials at the plant for an official handover ceremony on Monday.

He said he expected work to start soon on a second nuclear power plant on completion of talks with Moscow.

"Negotiations are continuing and are well-advanced," he said. "Work will start soon," he added, without giving a date.