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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader declaring the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their right to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by military means. He said the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the final solution to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."