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Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence challenging to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the same language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this attack."