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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of international law, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the country in the wake of this invasion."