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Tehran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy worked, and revealed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking 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 always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had always sought to impose their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the primary answer to resolve disputes, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."