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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by mediators to resume talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations exercised their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the idea of international law, Araghchi stated the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the ultimate resolution to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the identical approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."