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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader claiming the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states used their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this attack."