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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to restart discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if discussions restart.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."