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

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to restart talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the attacks commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the primary solution to address conflicts, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."