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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and shared new appeals had been made by go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

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

The US president last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his address to the conference, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be ended by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the primary solution to address conflicts, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the face of this invasion."