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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared fresh requests had been made by mediators to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is walking a complex path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and collaboration, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and continues the final resolution to address conflicts, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a response in the identical language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this attack."