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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear discussions with the United States on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy was effective, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Route

The foreign minister is walking a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the American leader asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations employed their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Tehran representatives stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be ended by military means. He asserted the assaults started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Stays the Primary Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and remains the final resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

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

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the aftermath of this attack."