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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had come from mediators to restart negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The US president last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the forum, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to dictate their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this assault."