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Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and shared recent overtures had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

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

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to impose their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."