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Iran is willing to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, Western states used their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Position

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations restart.

The US president in recent days said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the attacks started with a American requirement for an total Iran submission and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust challenging to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Resolution

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to impose their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and remains the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the same tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this war. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."