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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions resume.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and stays the final solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the face of this invasion."