Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) smiles as Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks with the media in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) speaks with journalists as Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani listens in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov leaves the Mehrabad international airport in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov leaves the Mehrabad international airport in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov sits under portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the Mehrabad international airport in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov smiles as he sits under a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the International Mehrabad Airport in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl(IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov arrives at international Mehrabad Airport in Tehran October 3, 2006. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl(IRAN) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov (L), Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholamreza Aghazadeh (C) and Iranian Ambassador to Russia Gholamreza Ansari walk into Moscow's Kremlin after holding talks September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov smiles during talks with Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholamreza Aghazadeh, also a senior Iranian nuclear official, in Moscow September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Gholamreza Aghazadeh, also a senior Iranian nuclear official, smiles during talks with Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Moscow September 26, 2006. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool (RUSSIA) 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks to Russia's Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai June 15, 2006. REUTERS/Elizabeth Dalzie/Pool 

Igor Ivanov, head of Russian Security Council, arrives to Moscow's 'Golden Ring' hotel for negotiations with Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, March 1, 2006. Russian and Iranian nuclear negotiators met in Moscow on Wednesday for a fresh attempt to reach a compromise that might defuse Tehran's stand-off with the West over its atomic programme. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev 

Igor Ivanov, head of Russian Security Council, arrives to Moscow's 'Golden Ring' hotel for negotiations with Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, March 1, 2006. Russian and Iranian nuclear negotiators met in Moscow on Wednesday for a fresh attempt to reach a compromise that might defuse Tehran's stand-off with the West over its atomic programme. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev 

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) welcomes Russian Security Counsel Secretary Igor Ivanov at the presidential palace in Algiers January 21, 2006. Ivanov on Saturday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Algeria in March 2006. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) welcomes Russian Security Counsel Secretary Igor Ivanov at the presidential palace in Algiers January 21, 2006. Ivanov on Saturday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Algeria in March 2006. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra PP06010254 

Russian Secretary of National Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) chats with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara in Damascus November 16,2005. Ivanov said Moscow was comfortable with Syria's "active" effort to fulfil a United Nations Security Council resolution that obliges Damascus to cooperate with a U.N. investigation team probing the killing of a former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri 

Russian Secretary of National Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) chats with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara in Damascus November 16,2005. Ivanov said Moscow was comfortable with Syria's "active" effort to fulfil a United Nations Security Council resolution that obliges Damascus to cooperate with a U.N. investigation team probing the killing of a former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri 

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (C) chats with Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov (R) and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Israeli parliament before a special session marking the 10th anniversary of late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination in Jerusalem November 14, 2005. REUTERS/Menahem Kahana/Pool 

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) and Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov button their jackets before their meeting in Jerusalem November 13, 2005. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) laughs with Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov during their meeting in Jersusalem November 13, 2005. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Russia's security chief Igor Ivanov (R) shakes hands with Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari after a meeting in Baghdad November 13, 2005. Ivanov travelled to Iraq on Sunday after visiting Iran, where he met nuclear officials on Saturday. REUTERS/Ali Haider/Pool 

Russia's security chief Igor Ivanov (L) talks during a news conference with Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari in Baghdad November 13, 2005. Ivanov travelled to Iraq after visiting Iran, where he met with nuclear officials on Saturday. REUTERS/Ali Haider/Pool 

Russia's security chief Igor Ivanov (R) talks to Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari after a news conference in Baghdad November 13, 2005. Ivanov travelled to Iraq on Sunday after visiting Iran, where he met nuclear officials on Saturday. REUTERS/Ali Haider/Pool 

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) and the head of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov speak during a news conference in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/ISNA 

Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh speaks to journalists after an official meeting with the Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh gestures during an official meeting with Igor Ivanov, Secretary of Russia's Security Council (unseen), in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Iranian Nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh (L) shakes hand with Igor Ivanov, the head of the Russian Security Council, before an official meeting in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh speaks to journalists after an official meeting with the Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov enters a meeting room at the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation building before an official meeting with Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov attends an official meeting with Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov sits under a picture of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during an official meeting with Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh (L) shakes hands with Igor Ivanov, Secretary of Russia's Security Council, before an official meeting in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov attends an official meeting with Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh in Tehran November 12, 2005. Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing a proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl 

French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Russian National security Advisor Igor Ivanov listen as German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer speaks. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (L) and Russian National security Advisor Igor Ivanov (C) listen as German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (R) addresses a special assembly commemorating the inauguration of the new museum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem March 16, 2005. World leaders inaugurated a museum at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday in a show of international determination to keep alive the memory of Jews killed by the Nazis and prevent future genocide. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool 

World leaders including Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Dutch PM Jan Peter Balkenende in the new Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. World leaders including Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (front 3rd-L), Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende (front 2nd-R), Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (front 3rd-R) and Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov (back 3rd-L), pose during a photo opportunity in the Hall of Names in the new Holocaust History Museum during the second day of inauguration ceremonies at the new museum complex in Yad Vashem in Jerusalem March 16, 2005. World leaders inaugurated a museum at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday in a show of international determination to keep alive the memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and prevent future genocide. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 

French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin with Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Jerusalem. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (L), Russian National Security Advisor Igor Ivanov (C) and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (R) listen to a speech at a special assembly commemorating the inauguration of the new museum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorialin Jerusalem March 16, 2005. World leaders inaugurated a museum at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday in a show of international determination to keep alive the memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and prevent future genocide. 

Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's new museum in Jerusalem. Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov (L) visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's new museum in Jerusalem March 15, 2005. World leaders inaugurated a museum at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday in a show of international determination to keep alive the memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and prevent future genocide. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic 

Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's new museum in Jerusalem. Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov (R) visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's new museum in Jerusalem March 15, 2005. World leaders inaugurated a museum at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday in a show of international determination to keep alive the memory of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and prevent future genocide. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic 

Russian presidential adviser and former foreign minister Igor Ivanov (C) pays his respect at the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 14, 2005. REUTERS/Ammar Awad OP/ABP/KS 

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) meets Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Jerusalem, March 14, 2005. Israel's cabinet adopted on Sunday a report charting state complicity in the building of dozens of unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank but set no timetable for their removal under a U.S.-backed peace plan. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen GCM/AT 

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at his meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives for his meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Jerusalem March 14, 2005. Israel's cabinet adopted on Sunday a report charting state complicity in the building of dozens of unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank but set no timetable for their removal under a U.S.-backed peace plan. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov in Jerusalem March 14, 2005. Israel's cabinet adopted on Sunday a report charting state complicity in the building of dozens of unauthorised settler outposts in the West Bank but set no timetable for their removal under a U.S.-backed peace plan. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) greets Russian Secretary of the National Security Council Igor Ivanov at the presidential palace in Algiers. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) greets Russian Secretary of the National Security Council Igor Ivanov at the presidential palace in Algiers, March 12, 2005. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message with his special envoy to his Algerian counterpart. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 

Ukrainian President Yushchenko invites Russian Security Council chief Ivanov for talks during meeting in Kiev. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) invites Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov for talks during their meeting in Kiev March 4, 2005. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Pool 

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) greets Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov during their meeting in Kiev, March 4, 2005. REUTERS/Efrem Lukatsky/Pool YYK/cvi 

Russian President Putin and Security Council Secretary Ivanov listen to Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Rouhani during their meeting in the Moscow's Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov (L) listen to Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani during their meeting in the Moscow's Kremlin, February 18, 2005. Putin said on Friday that Russia was convinced Iran did not intend to build nuclear weapons and he said Moscow would continue nuclear cooperation with the Islamic Republic. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev 

The head of the Russia's Security Council Ivanov talks to the Speaker of Georgian Parliament Burdzhanadze during their meeting in Moscow. The head of the Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov (R) talks to the Speaker of Georgian Parliament Nino Burdzhanadze during their meeting in Moscow November 1, 2004. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin 

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage smiles during meeting with head of the Russia's Security Council Ivanov in Moscow. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage smiles during a meeting with the head of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Moscow's Kremlin, October 28, 2004. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage smiles as head of the Russia's Security Council Ivanov invites him to table for negotiations in Moscow. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (R) smiles as the head of the Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov invites him to the table for negotiations in Moscow's Kremlin, October 28, 2004. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Head of the Russian State Security Council Ivanov invites Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow. The head of the Russian State Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) invites Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, July 24, 2004. Zebari urged Moscow to dispatch troops to join the U.S.-led force in his country and said Russian specialists were also needed again to put the oil industry back on its feet. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (L) and Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov meet in the Moscow Kremlin, July 7, 2004. Straw is on a visit to Russia. REUTERS/Pool/Misha Japaridze CVI/CRB 

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (L) and Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov meet in the Moscow Kremlin, July 7, 2004. Straw is on a visit to Russia. REUTERS/Pool/Misha Japaridze CVI/CRB 

SECRETARY OF RUSSIA'S SECURITY COUNCIL IVANOV STANDS BENEATH PORTRAIT OF AYATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI IN TEHRAN. The Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov stands beneath a portrait of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini while meeting Iran's Parliament Speaker in Tehran July 5, 2004. Ivanov and Iranian authorities are due to discuss the completion of Russia's contract to build Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi 

Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (R) meets with the Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Tehran July 5, 2004. Ivanov and Iranian authorities are due to discuss the comletion of Russia's contract to build Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi CJF/CRB 

Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi (L) greets the Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Tehran July 5, 2004. Ivanov and Iranian authorities are due to discuss the completion of Russia's contract to build Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi CJF/CRB 

IRAN'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT HADDADADEL MEETS WITH THE SECRETARY OF RUSSIA'S SECURITY COUNCIL IVANOV IN TEHRAN. Iran's speaker of Parliament Gholamali Haddadadel (R) meets with the Secretary of Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov in Tehran July 4, 2004. Ivanov and Iranian authorities are due to discuss the completion of Russia's contract to build Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi 

U.N. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY CHIEF ELBARADEI AND RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL HEAD IVANOV SPEAK BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW. U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei and Russian Security Council head Igor Ivanov (L) speak before negotiations in Moscow, June 28, 2004. The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Russia agreed that Iran must take further steps to regain the trust of the international community which it forfeited by hiding atomic activities from the U.N. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin 

RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY IVANOV INVITES SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO FOREIGN MINISTER DRASKOVIC FOR TALKS IN MOSCOW. Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov (L) invites Serbia and Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic for talks in Moscow, June 9, 2004. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

HEAD OF RUSSIA'S SECURITY COUNCIL IVANOV AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER GIL-ROBLES MEET FOR TALKS IN MOSCOW. The head of the Russia's Security Council Igor Ivanov (L) and Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles talk as they enter the Kremlin hall for talks in Moscow, May 26, 2004. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin 

U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (R) walks with Igor Ivanov (L), the head of Russia's Security Council, before their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin May 15, 2004. Rice met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday with the looming transfer of power to local authorities in Iraq high on the agenda, Itar-Tass news agency reported. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin WAW/ACM