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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and revealed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries employed their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final solution to address disputes, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the country in the wake of this invasion."