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Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy worked, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the US president claiming the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had always attempted to enforce their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary answer to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."