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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by mediators to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations exercised their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if talks resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

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

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the final resolution to address disagreements, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the same approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."