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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a complex course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the primary answer to settle conflicts, but its standards, rules and principles must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the country in the wake of this invasion."