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Iran is ready to restart atomic discussions with Washington on condition that it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy worked, and shared recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult route since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be operating from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of discussions between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their authority to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Position

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if talks resume.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement showed the conflict could not be settled by armed force. He stated the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always tried to impose their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will get a answer in the identical tone."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of repair and recovery, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the nation in the aftermath of this invasion."