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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had come from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries employed their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the final resolution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the face of this attack."