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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement 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 enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in various formats if discussions resume.

Trump in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and stays the ultimate answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."