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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to resume talks with the US government. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries exercised their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the agreement 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 suggestion could be revived in certain ways if discussions resume.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."