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

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to resume talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He said the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

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

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more united, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."