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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is navigating a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader claiming the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He said the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."