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Iran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations used their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations restart.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his address to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the final resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."