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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic talks with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to restart talks with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be revived in certain ways if discussions resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the conference, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

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

Negotiations Stays the Primary Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had consistently tried to impose their will during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary solution to address disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be respected."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."