Iran says it could rejoin US nuclear talks if treated with dignity and respect'

"Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have any undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons. Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a position of weakness,"

"He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks. The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated."

Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington provided Iran is treated with dignity and respect. Fresh requests have arrived from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. Iran asserts that no undeclared nuclear sites exist and that the UN nuclear inspectorate cannot yet inspect bombed sites for security reasons. Iran emphasizes an inalienable domestic right to enrich uranium and refuses to relinquish it. Previous negotiations had proposed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement to carry out enrichment while assuring peaceful intent. Past talks collapsed after a 12-day attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

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