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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of international law, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He stated the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had always sought to impose their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to address conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more united, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this assault."