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Iran is willing to resume atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and continues the primary resolution to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this attack."