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Iran is ready to resume nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Path

The foreign minister is treading a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations used their authority to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Status

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in some form if discussions resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Iranian officials claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from Washington 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 aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict showed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned dialogue; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be alive and continues the ultimate solution to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was assured 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 numerous insights from this engagement; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."