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Tehran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and shared new appeals had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

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

Prior Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the primary solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."