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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and revealed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the final resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."