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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement 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 exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if discussions restart.

Trump last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the ultimate solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the same language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."