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

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The American leader last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the attacks began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the primary answer to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the identical tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."