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Iran is ready to restart nuclear talks with the United States provided that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed recent overtures had originated from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

Araghchi is navigating a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be acting from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president recently said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be ended by armed force. He stated the strikes started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to dictate their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final solution to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the identical language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the country in the wake of this assault."