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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy produced results, and shared new appeals had been made by intermediaries to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations restart.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the primary resolution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the face of this invasion."