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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and disclosed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Talks Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks resume.

Trump last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his address to the conference, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to impose their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final answer to address disputes, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be respected."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a answer in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained many lessons from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the face of this invasion."