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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by intermediaries to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in various formats if talks reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He said the assaults began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate solution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."