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Iran is ready to resume atomic talks with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had come from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if talks restart.

The US president recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always attempted to dictate their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the primary resolution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the same approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."