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Iran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states exercised their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. 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 nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if discussions restart.

The US president last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary resolution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the aftermath of this attack."