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Tehran is willing to resume atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and shared recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, Western states employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project 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 logical implication of the consortium proposal. 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".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in some form if talks reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith hard to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Final Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently sought to dictate their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate solution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."