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Iran is willing to resume atomic discussions with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed fresh requests had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president claiming the locations had been obliterated. Following this, Western states employed their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted three times they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the ultimate solution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this attack."