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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations was effective, and revealed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states used their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed 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 internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the face of this invasion."