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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust difficult to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the ultimate answer to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."