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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had been made by intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the attacks started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always attempted to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."