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Tehran is willing to resume atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

The US president last week said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the ultimate solution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."