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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

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

Prior Talks Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if talks resume.

The US president recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to impose their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final solution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be respected."

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

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."