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Iran is ready to resume atomic discussions with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and disclosed new appeals had come from go-betweens to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Complex Route

Araghchi is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader asserting the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries exercised their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Position

In his speech to the conference, aimed to paint the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be settled by military means. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and ended with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had always tried to dictate their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the primary resolution to address conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a response in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have become more resilient, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this attack."