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Iran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations exercised their right to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to impose their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and continues the final answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and principles must be followed."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the face of this assault."