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Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern 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 local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in various formats if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final answer to resolve disputes, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."