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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with the US president claiming the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to enforce their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more united, and more backing of the government and the state in the wake of this assault."