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

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to restart discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations exercised their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by military means. He stated the attacks commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the wake of this assault."