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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if discussions resume.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith challenging to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to enforce their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the ultimate solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the wake of this attack."