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Iran is prepared to resume atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from mediators to restart talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations employed their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives asserted three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The US president last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of international law, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate answer to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this attack."