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Tehran is willing to resume atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy worked, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to reopen talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is navigating a complex course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations employed their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the final solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the same approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."