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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations was effective, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if discussions reopen.

The US president last week said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the assaults commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to impose their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the final resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the identical language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important 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 developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."