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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Path

Araghchi is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this invasion."