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Iran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if negotiations restart.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his address to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the assaults began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

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

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary answer to settle disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be respected."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."