BEIRUT (AP) — Iran on Monday defied Lebanon’s expulsion order for its ambassador by saying he would stay, further increasing tensions in a country in the crosshairs of the latest fighting between the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Israel . Lebanon had declared Ambassador Mohammad Reza Shibani “persona non grata” in an effort to weaken Iran’s diplomatic presence and have a charge d’affairs at its embassy instead. But the deadline to leave the country was Sunday. “Our embassy in Lebanon is active,”