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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed fresh requests had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex route since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader declaring the locations had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations restart.

Trump recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to impose their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary resolution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the face of this assault."