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

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the conference, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

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

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the final resolution to settle conflicts, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."