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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and revealed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his speech to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to dictate their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final resolution to settle conflicts, but its standards, rules and tenets must be respected."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this assault."