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Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging path since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader asserting the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the attacks began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith challenging to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final answer to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this assault."