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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if discussions resume.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He asserted the assaults started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith challenging to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a reply in the same tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this assault."