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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations was effective, and shared recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states used their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if discussions reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."