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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a difficult route since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the ultimate resolution to address conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this assault."