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Iran is ready to restart nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always sought to enforce their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and remains the ultimate resolution to address disputes, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."