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Iran is ready to resume nuclear discussions with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue worked, and shared fresh requests had come from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states used their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his speech to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be ended by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the language 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 recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."