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Tehran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks resume.

The American leader last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by military means. He asserted the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to impose their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the face of this invasion."