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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if discussions restart.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final resolution to address disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will obtain a response in the same tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this invasion."