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Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack 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 enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if talks reopen.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to dictate their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."