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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He said the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had consistently attempted to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the same language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this attack."