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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy produced results, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume talks with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the conference, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He said the strikes started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final solution to address disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the aftermath of this attack."