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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if discussions resume.

The American leader recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the final solution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and principles must be respected."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the same approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the face of this assault."