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Tehran is willing to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult course since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states used their right to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to impose their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the final resolution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."