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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had come from mediators to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with the US president claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

Trump recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the final answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."