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Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had been made by mediators to resume discussions with the Trump administration. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex path since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president claiming the sites had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme 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 logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Status

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the offer could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions resume.

The American leader recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining 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 Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Remains the Primary Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had deserted negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and continues the final solution to resolve conflicts, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the identical tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this assault."