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

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations was effective, and shared recent overtures had been made by mediators to reopen talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Abruptly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats stated the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if talks restart.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the forum, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He said the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently tried to enforce their will during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final resolution to address conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be respected."

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

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to shatter. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."