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Tehran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and shared fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He said the attacks began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the final solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "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 war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."