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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries exercised their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence challenging to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently sought to impose their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the final answer to resolve disputes, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to break. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the face of this attack."