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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to restart discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The US president last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his address to the conference, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the primary answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."