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

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations used their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

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 repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He said the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the final answer to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."