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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks reopen.

The US president in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to impose their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the ultimate answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."