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

Abbas Araghchi declared only diplomacy produced results, and disclosed new appeals had originated from intermediaries to restart talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a complex route since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states exercised their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if negotiations restart.

The American leader recently claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to paint the US as a dominant force that abuses the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He asserted the strikes started with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the identical approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."