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

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in various formats if talks restart.

Trump in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his address to the conference, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the same language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this assault."