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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states used their right to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if talks reopen.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the conference, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to impose their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the primary solution to address disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the face of this invasion."