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Iran is ready to restart atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and shared fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations exercised their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the final resolution to address disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this assault."