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Iran is ready to restart nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and shared new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say 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 Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He said the strikes commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the ultimate solution to address conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the same tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this invasion."