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Tehran is prepared to resume atomic talks with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Subsequently, EU nations employed their authority to reinstate international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Status

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

The US president recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be ended by armed force. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had consistently sought to impose their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and continues the final resolution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

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

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained many lessons from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be restored; what is essential is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed more resilient, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the wake of this invasion."