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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to restart negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

The US president recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the final solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this assault."