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

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart.

The American leader last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the final resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the same tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."