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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 declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy produced results, and shared recent overtures had originated from mediators to resume discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided 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 certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust difficult to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to impose their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be followed."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."