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Iran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by military means. He said the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final answer to address disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."