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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to resume talks with the US government. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader asserting the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states employed their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if discussions reopen.

The US president last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the primary resolution to address disputes, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this attack."