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Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy worked, and revealed fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally 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 "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either directly 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 passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, rules and principles must be respected."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the state in the face of this attack."