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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult route since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the strikes began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

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

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had consistently sought to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final resolution to address conflicts, but its standards, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."