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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations was effective, and shared recent overtures had come from mediators to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly 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 passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this attack."