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Tehran is willing to resume atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions reopen.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials say they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

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

Negotiations Remains the Primary Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had always tried to dictate their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a answer in the identical language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."