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Iran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had come from intermediaries to restart talks with the Trump administration. He said Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex course since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Prior Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader asserting the sites had been destroyed. Subsequently, Western states exercised their privilege to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the offer could be revived in certain ways if negotiations restart.

Trump last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the clash could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and coordination, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to dictate their demands during the talks. Negotiations can still be active and continues the ultimate solution to resolve disputes, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they speak to the nation of Iran with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the same approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this attack."