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Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and revealed fresh requests had been made by mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to impose their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."