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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be settled by military means. He stated the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to impose their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final solution to settle disputes, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the country in the aftermath of this assault."