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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from mediators to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds 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 Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states used their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust challenging to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to impose their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was assured 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 gained multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."