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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, Western states employed their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

Trump recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the wake of this invasion."