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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy worked, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if discussions resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."