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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to restart discussions with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

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

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this invasion."