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

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives 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

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations reopen.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to enforce their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and stays the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this assault."