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Iran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume discussions with the US government. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a complex route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in various formats if talks restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate answer to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this attack."