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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if talks restart.

The US president recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate solution to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the same tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."