MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Iran nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

In a phone call, held on the initiative of the Israeli side, the two leaders also discussed the situation in Syria and the referendum in Iraq's Kurdistan, the Kremlin said in a statement.

(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Andrey Ostroukh) ((dmitry.solovyov@thomsonreuters.com;))