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Tehran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Route

Araghchi is treading a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium within its borders that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president claiming the sites had been eliminated. Following this, European countries exercised their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the deal to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if discussions restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the final answer to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be followed."

"If they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the state in the face of this invasion."