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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks resume.

Trump recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to impose their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the final resolution to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, 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 unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have become stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."