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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Path

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Concluded

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the American leader declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries used their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Suggested

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats stated the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if negotiations restart.

The US president last week said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the idea of international law, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Primary Resolution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to dictate their desires during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the equivalent approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have grown more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this invasion."