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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states used their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in some form if negotiations resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He said the strikes started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith challenging to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."