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Iran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites 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 never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his address to the forum, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence difficult to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the final answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this assault."