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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations was effective, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Complex Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks reopen.

The American leader recently said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the attacks began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Primary Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the primary solution to settle disagreements, but its standards, rules and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this attack."