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Iran is ready to restart atomic negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared new appeals had been made by mediators to resume talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero unreported enrichment locations, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is treading a difficult path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the American leader asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks resume.

The American leader recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his remarks to the conference, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Primary Resolution

Araghchi declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the final resolution to address disputes, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."