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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Following this, Western states employed their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to impose their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."