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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries employed their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the conference, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the final answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."