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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult path since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

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

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the locations had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in some form if discussions restart.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the final answer to address conflicts, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the identical tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained many lessons from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the wake of this invasion."