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Tehran is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue worked, and shared fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the global atomic watchdog to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Talks Suddenly Concluded

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, Western states employed their authority to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran asserts they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Representatives stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks reopen.

The American leader recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He said the assaults began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had always sought to impose their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the primary answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they speak to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, remains in place. The sites and equipment, if destroyed, will be restored; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but were unable to destroy. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."