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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader declaring the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in various formats if talks reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

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

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the face of this assault."