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Iran is prepared to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states used their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if discussions restart.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He said the assaults began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to enforce their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a response in the same approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more backing of the administration and the country in the face of this assault."