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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart discussions with the US government. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

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

The American leader in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to enforce their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the primary answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."