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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

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

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to dictate their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final solution to address conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a reply in the identical tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."