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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a challenging path since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the primary answer to resolve disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this assault."