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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the conference, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He said the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence challenging to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the ultimate resolution to resolve disputes, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the same tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the face of this invasion."