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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to reopen talks with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in various formats if talks restart.

Trump in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Solution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and remains the final resolution to address conflicts, but its criteria, rules and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this attack."