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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, European countries employed their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."