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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and disclosed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if discussions reopen.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to impose their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the face of this attack."