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Iran is ready to restart atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

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

Dialogue Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had always sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this invasion."