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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and continues the final answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the same approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."