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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and shared fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in some form if talks restart.

The US president recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly sought to dictate their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the equivalent language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this invasion."