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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if talks resume.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of international law, Araghchi said the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the same approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."