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

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy worked, and shared new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Path

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries exercised their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained 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 operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the face of this invasion."