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Iran is prepared to restart atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states employed their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations restart.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to impose their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the final solution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this attack."