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Iran is prepared to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if discussions restart.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the conference, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the same tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the country in the face of this attack."