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Tehran is ready to resume atomic discussions with the United States on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the ultimate solution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the face of this attack."