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Iran is ready to restart atomic talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger 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 process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations employed their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary solution to address conflicts, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this invasion."