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Iran is willing to resume atomic talks with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had originated from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader claiming the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations used their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if discussions resume.

The American leader in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the gathering, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the clash could not be ended by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be active and remains the primary solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."