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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to restart talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the attacks began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to impose their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."