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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and revealed fresh requests had been made by intermediaries to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states employed their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if talks reopen.

The American leader recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust challenging to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the ultimate resolution to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to break. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the country in the wake of this invasion."