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Iran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to resume talks with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries exercised their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" 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 local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

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

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to enforce their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate answer to settle disputes, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will get a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."