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Iran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states employed their authority to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in some form if talks restart.

The American leader recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the final solution to address conflicts, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this invasion."