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Iran is ready to restart atomic talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the US government. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Path

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations exercised their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation 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 enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Tehran representatives declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining 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 accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the gathering, intended to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently tried to impose their demands during the talks. Dialogue can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this attack."