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

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He stated the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the ultimate answer to address disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a response in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the face of this assault."