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Iran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared recent overtures had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the US government. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in some form if negotiations resume.

The US president recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will obtain a response in the same tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this assault."