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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to resume talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the primary answer to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this assault."