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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries used their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the assaults began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to impose their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the ultimate solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."