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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from mediators to restart talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained 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 claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his address to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always sought to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the final solution to address disputes, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the face of this invasion."