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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from mediators to restart negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if discussions restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, 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 Iran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He said the assaults started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the final solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this invasion."