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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

The US president in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Solution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the European states that had always tried to enforce their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."