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Iran is willing to restart atomic discussions with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy worked, and disclosed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions resume.

The US president recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the primary answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this assault."