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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He stated the strikes began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the primary resolution to address disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this invasion."