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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing 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 discussions that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final solution to resolve disputes, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

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

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the face of this invasion."