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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations was effective, and shared fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations resume.

The US president last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the forum, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the primary answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the aftermath of this attack."