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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had come from mediators to restart discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, Western states employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the face of this assault."