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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

Trump recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust difficult to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate answer to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the state in the face of this invasion."