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Iran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed fresh requests had originated from mediators to resume talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex course since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final answer to address disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."