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Iran is ready to restart atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions 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, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks resume.

The American leader last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently tried to dictate their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and stays the final resolution to address disputes, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

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

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more united, and more supportive of the government and the country in the aftermath of this attack."