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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and revealed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been eliminated. Following this, European countries used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if talks resume.

Trump last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He said the assaults started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Solution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to dictate their will during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a reply in the same approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have grown more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this assault."