{"id":11106,"date":"2026-04-13T11:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=11106"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:00:15","slug":"lavrov-irans-araghchi-discuss-crisis-stress-need-to-avoid-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/lavrov-irans-araghchi-discuss-crisis-stress-need-to-avoid-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavrov, Iran\u2019s Araghchi discuss crisis, stress need to avoid escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, during which both sides discussed the evolving regional situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to official details, the Russian side stressed the importance of preventing a renewed armed confrontation and underscored the need for restraint amid rising tensions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also reaffirmed Russia\u2019s readiness to assist in resolving the crisis, emphasizing that there is no military solution and that dialogue and diplomacy remain essential for achieving lasting peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday, during which both sides discussed the evolving regional situation. According to official details, the Russian side stressed the importance of preventing a renewed armed confrontation and underscored the need for restraint amid rising tensions. Foreign Minister Sergey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,82,65,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-diplomatic-missions","category-european-union","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85656,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106\/revisions\/85656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}