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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the US government. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the final solution to settle disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this attack."