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Iran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly 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 said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the assaults started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the primary solution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and principles must be followed."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this attack."