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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and shared recent overtures had come from go-betweens to restart negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a challenging path since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been eliminated. Following this, Western states used their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an local partnership with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations restart.

Trump last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Tehran representatives state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his address to the forum, intended to depict the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to enforce their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the final answer to settle conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."