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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his address to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He said the assaults commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."