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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations employed their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He stated the attacks began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to impose their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the final answer to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a response in the same approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."