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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations exercised their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He said the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the final answer to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more united, and more backing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."