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Iran is willing to reinitiate nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations worked, and shared new appeals had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging path since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in certain ways if discussions restart.

The US president last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the ultimate solution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more supportive of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."