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Tehran is ready to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and revealed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions resume.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to impose their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the ultimate answer to address disputes, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a answer in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this attack."