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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president claiming the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions reopen.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He asserted the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and continues the primary resolution to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the identical tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this assault."