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Iran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be resurrected in some form if talks restart.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He said the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the primary answer to resolve disputes, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the identical language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."