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Iran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

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

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this invasion."