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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear discussions with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to resume discussions with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states employed their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if talks reopen.

Trump last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the final resolution to address disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this invasion."