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Iran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had originated from mediators to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations exercised their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, 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 domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Iranian officials stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations restart.

The US president last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and stays the final answer to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the identical approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said 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 reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."