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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if talks resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the same approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this invasion."