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Iran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries employed their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions reopen.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be resolved by military means. He said the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a answer in the same tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this assault."