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Tehran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and shared new appeals had come from mediators to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in various formats if talks reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and remains the primary answer to settle conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the identical approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the country in the face of this assault."