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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to enforce their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the face of this assault."