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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed recent overtures had originated from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a stance of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations employed their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations resume.

Trump recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making trust challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Continues the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to impose their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the primary solution to resolve disputes, but its standards, rules and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."