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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions reopen.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "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 conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."