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Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy produced results, and revealed fresh requests had come from mediators to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a complex course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

The US president last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

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

Dialogue Stays the Primary Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to impose their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the final resolution to address conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 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 vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."