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Iran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed new appeals had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a challenging route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Talks Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been eliminated. Following this, Western states employed their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

Trump in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to impose their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and remains the ultimate resolution to settle disputes, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this invasion."