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Tehran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed fresh requests had been made by mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if talks restart.

The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this assault."