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Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the final resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the identical tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."