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Iran is prepared to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had come from go-betweens to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is walking a challenging path since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with the US president claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions restart.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of international law, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final solution to address disputes, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this assault."