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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had been made by mediators to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged stronger in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations restart.

The American leader recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving coherent offers from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had consistently tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the primary answer to address disagreements, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same language."

Repair and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, stays intact. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."