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Tehran is willing to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations used their right to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks restart.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this assault."