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

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be resurrected in various formats if discussions reopen.

Trump last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his address to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict revealed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He stated the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and coordination, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always attempted to impose their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the ultimate solution to address disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a answer in the same tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the struggle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this attack."