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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if discussions resume.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to enforce their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the final answer to address disagreements, but its standards, rules and tenets must be followed."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this invasion."