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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a complex route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The US president last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary answer to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a answer in the identical tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 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 vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."