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Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from mediators to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been destroyed. Following this, European countries employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the final solution to address conflicts, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."