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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success 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 negotiations that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in various formats if discussions resume.

The American leader last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently sought to impose their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to settle disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the state in the wake of this assault."