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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy was effective, and revealed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex path since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference 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 key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations employed their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in certain ways if talks resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America 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 charged of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to enforce their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the primary answer to address conflicts, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this assault."