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

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy was effective, and revealed fresh requests had come from mediators to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president asserting the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader in recent days said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to resume discussions, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the idea of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be ended by combat operations. He stated the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith challenging to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Final Answer

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to impose their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final answer to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will receive a response in the same approach."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We acquired many lessons from this war; we have discovered our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this attack."