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Iran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy worked, and disclosed new appeals had been made by intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been eliminated. Following this, European countries employed their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in some form if talks resume.

The US president last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."