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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted 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 operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

The US president last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the face of this assault."