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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to resume discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader asserting the locations had been eliminated. Following this, European countries used their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if discussions restart.

The American leader recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate answer to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the face of this assault."