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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in certain ways if discussions resume.

Trump last week said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He said the attacks started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always tried to enforce their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the primary solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a reply in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the government and the country in the aftermath of this attack."