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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

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

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."