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Iran is ready to restart atomic talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms 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 never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president declaring the locations had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the equivalent language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more united, and more backing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."