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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from mediators to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically 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 "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if talks reopen.

Trump in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be ended by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith challenging to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the final solution to settle conflicts, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this assault."