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Tehran is willing to reinitiate nuclear discussions with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in some form if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of inactivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the primary solution to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"If they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a answer in the identical language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the face of this assault."