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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and revealed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president claiming the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his address to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will receive a reply in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."