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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had come from mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."