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Iran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and mentally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume.

The US president last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the strikes started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to impose their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate answer to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a reply in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this assault."