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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries used their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume.

The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the primary solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a answer in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."