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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The US president last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

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

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the primary answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."