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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and mentally 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 "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the ultimate resolution to address disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."