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Iran’s top diplomat expected to meet with Putin in Russia as US peace talks stall

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  What we're covering • Hectic diplomacy:  Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is  headed to Russia  and is expected to  meet with President Vladimir Putin  on Monday to discuss  the status of negotiations , according to state media, after visiting with key mediators in Pakistan and Oman this weekend. Araghchi said earlier that it’s not clear if Washington is  “truly serious about diplomacy”  after US President Donald Trump  scrapped plans  for his envoys to visit Pakistan. • Peace talks stalled: Trump said  talks will continue by phone  after Iran declined to meet directly with American negotiators amid ongoing tensions  over the Strait of Hormuz . “If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us,” Trump said Sunday and reiterated that the war would “come to an end  very soon .” •  In Lebanon:  The fragile ceasefire is under growing pressure as Israel and Hezbollah have  increase...