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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The US president last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence difficult to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to dictate their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the primary answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and tenets must be followed."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."