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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the strikes started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the ultimate solution to address disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this invasion."