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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries used their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if talks resume.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the assaults began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had always tried to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the primary solution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a response in the same language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, 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 identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the government and the state in the face of this assault."