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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

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

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader asserting the sites had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

Trump recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to impose their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and continues the primary answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the identical approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."