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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic discussions with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in certain ways if discussions restart.

The US president recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the assaults started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the ultimate solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, rules and principles must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more united, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the wake of this invasion."