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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and revealed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

The US president in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the face of this invasion."