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Tehran is ready to resume atomic talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart.

The US president recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He asserted the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust difficult to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the final solution to address disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the same language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."