MOSCOW Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged views Tuesday in a call on the developing situation in the Middle East with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The ministry said in a statement that the state of affairs "sharply deteriorated as a result of the unprovoked aggression of the US and Israel against Iran." "Sergey Lavrov reiterated the principled position in favor of the swift de-escalation and return of the situation to the path of