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Iran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively 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 enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

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

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the identical language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, 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 learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."