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Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed fresh requests had come from mediators to restart talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike 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 always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the US president declaring the locations had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern 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 domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the final solution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."