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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president claiming the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence challenging to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and remains the primary resolution to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

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

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the aftermath of this attack."