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  "id": 7544872,
  "title": "Iran’s top diplomat heads to China for talks as Middle East diplomacy falters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/irans-top-diplomat-heads-to-china-for-talks-as-middle-east-diplomacy-7544872",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T11:23:01.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367620/irans-top-diplomat-heads-china-talks-middle-east-diplomacy-falters"
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  "summary": "Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes during the countdown to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States for a summit next week with his US counterpart Donald Trump, when the war on Iran and disruption of energy…",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Middle East live: Iran rejects talks with US after 'mixed signals' from Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/middle-east-live-iran-rejects-talks-with-us-after-mixed-signals-from",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:06:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Oil crisis deepens: Hormuz traffic collapses to four vessels, Iran rejects talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/oil-crisis-deepens-hormuz-traffic-collapses-to-four-vessels-iran",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:46:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "After Trump floats talks, Iran security chief rejects negotiations until ‘conditions’ met",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/after-trump-floats-talks-iran-security-chief-rejects-negotiations",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:21:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Iran’s top diplomat heads to China for talks as Middle East diplomacy falters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/irans-top-diplomat-heads-to-china-for-talks-as-middle-east-diplomacy",
        "published": "2026-09-15T11:23:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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