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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president claiming the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations used their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently attempted to enforce their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and continues the ultimate resolution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the wake of this assault."