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Iran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had originated from go-betweens to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, Western states used their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if discussions resume.

The American leader recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary solution to address conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this assault."