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

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking 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 never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust challenging to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the final answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have become stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."