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Tehran is willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

Araghchi is navigating a complex path since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out more powerful defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement 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 confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The US president in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by military means. He said the attacks began with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to impose their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and stays the final resolution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and principles must be followed."

"If they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident 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 war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."