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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to resume negotiations with the US government. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust challenging to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always attempted to enforce their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final solution to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."