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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. 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 solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

Trump in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to impose their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to settle conflicts, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the same tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this assault."