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Iran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

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

The US president last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

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

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the final solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."