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

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations was effective, and revealed fresh requests had been made by mediators to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a complex route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart.

Trump recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the attacks began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the primary answer to settle disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the same language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."