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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states employed their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the final solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the face of this assault."