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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions restart.

Trump in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the assaults started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the final resolution to address disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a response in the identical tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the wake of this assault."