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Iran is ready to restart nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the US government. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and bitter end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party 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 settled in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in various formats if discussions restart.

Trump recently stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet getting clear proposals from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his address to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by military means. He said the attacks started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly tried to enforce their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the primary resolution to address disputes, but its standards, guidelines and principles must be adhered to."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a response in the equivalent language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the administration and the nation in the wake of this assault."