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Iran is willing to restart atomic talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

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

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the identical approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this attack."