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Iran is prepared to resume atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in various formats if talks restart.

The American leader recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He said the attacks started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the wake of this invasion."