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Iran is ready to resume atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the locations had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this assault."