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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy was effective, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states employed their privilege to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be resurrected in some form if negotiations reopen.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He said the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with full US knowledge and collaboration, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the ultimate answer to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be followed."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if eliminated, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."