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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the primary answer to resolve disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the identical language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this assault."