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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries employed their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the ultimate solution to address disputes, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the same language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the wake of this attack."