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Iran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and mentally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations used their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations resume.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had always sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this invasion."