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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if talks resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the assaults began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

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

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary resolution to address disputes, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."