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Tehran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials stated three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the final answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, rules and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this invasion."