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Tehran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared recent overtures had originated from mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to impose their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final answer to address disputes, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

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

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."