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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader declaring the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states employed their right to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks restart.

The American leader recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He said the assaults started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the ultimate answer to resolve disputes, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the wake of this attack."