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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Route

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations restart.

Trump recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, 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 says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to dictate their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and stays the primary solution to resolve disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."