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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and shared recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states employed their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials asserted three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if talks reopen.

The American leader recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his address to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war showed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a truce.

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

Diplomacy Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the primary resolution to address disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the identical approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the wake of this invasion."