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Tehran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

The US president last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Stays the Final Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the ultimate answer to address disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."