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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, EU nations employed their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in some form if discussions resume.

The US president recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently tried to impose their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and continues the final resolution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, regulations and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this assault."