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Iran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries employed their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in some form if discussions restart.

Trump recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the ultimate solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be followed."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this invasion."