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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear discussions with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the US government. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

Trump recently said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his speech to the forum, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to impose their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the primary solution to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."