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Tehran is ready to restart atomic talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart discussions with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if discussions restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He said the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the country in the wake of this attack."