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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and revealed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats 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 American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if talks reopen.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence difficult to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to impose their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the primary answer to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

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

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."