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Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if talks resume.

Trump last week said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate resolution to address disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be adhered to."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."