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Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy produced results, and revealed fresh requests had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides 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 settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if discussions restart.

Trump recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this invasion."