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Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the assaults commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust challenging to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."