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

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult path since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions restart.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

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

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this assault."