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Iran is willing to restart atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and shared fresh requests had been made by mediators to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions resume.

The American leader last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the attacks started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the primary answer to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this attack."