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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions reopen.

The US president last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary resolution to settle disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the face of this attack."