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Iran is willing to resume nuclear discussions with the United States as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue was effective, and disclosed new appeals had been made by mediators to resume talks with the US government. He said Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a difficult path since Iran does not want be seen to be proceeding from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, EU nations used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats claimed three times they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Status

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if talks restart.

The US president recently claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Stance

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be ended by armed force. He said the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to enforce their will during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and remains the final solution to resolve conflicts, but its criteria, regulations and tenets must be followed."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and gear, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have become more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the leadership and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."