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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the primary solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."