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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations worked, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations resume.

Trump in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the conflict could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

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

Negotiations Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final solution to settle disputes, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will get a response in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."