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Tehran is ready to resume atomic discussions with Washington provided that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and revealed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if talks resume.

The American leader last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the conference, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He asserted the attacks started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the primary solution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more backing of the administration and the country in the face of this attack."