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Iran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the American leader claiming the locations had been destroyed. Following this, European countries used their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was settled an local partnership with US participation could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in some form if talks reopen.

Trump last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iranian officials claim they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be ended by military means. He said the strikes started with a Washington's ultimatum for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust hard to rebuild.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Answer

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had always attempted to dictate their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the primary answer to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of repair and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the state in the face of this assault."