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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations exercised their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

Trump in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the assaults started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always attempted to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the identical tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."