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Iran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, Western states used their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

Trump in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the forum, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."