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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy produced results, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the forum, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final solution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."