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Tehran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is walking a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions restart.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith challenging to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a reply in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this attack."