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Iran is ready to resume atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult route since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, EU nations employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He asserted the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always sought to dictate their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the primary resolution to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the nation in the face of this assault."