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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment 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 talks that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this attack."