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

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by military means. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had always attempted to impose their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final resolution to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to break. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the country in the face of this attack."