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Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and shared recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States 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 culminated with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions resume.

The US president last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and stays the final answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."