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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and stays the primary answer to address disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this assault."