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Iran is willing to restart atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states used their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions restart.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to dictate their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to address disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved 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 come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."