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

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

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

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks resume.

Trump recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the primary resolution to settle disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this assault."