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Tehran is willing to resume atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader declaring the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Iranian officials declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He said the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the wake of this invasion."