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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively 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 absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

Trump recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate solution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."