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Iran is ready to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and revealed fresh requests had come from go-betweens to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Route

Araghchi is treading a difficult path since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states used their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump in recent days stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be resolved by armed force. He said the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the ultimate solution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and respect, they will obtain a response in the same approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this attack."