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Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the locations had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The US president in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He said the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the nation in the face of this invasion."