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Iran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the locations had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations used their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the offer could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of global regulations, Araghchi declared the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He said the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to impose their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and continues the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."