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Iran is ready to resume nuclear discussions with the United States provided that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy worked, and shared fresh requests had come from go-betweens to resume talks with the US government. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran wishes not to appear to be proceeding from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more powerful in military terms and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an inalienable right to enrich uranium on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, Western states used their authority to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats stated three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if discussions reopen.

Trump in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of passivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the 12-day war demonstrated the clash could not be ended by combat operations. He asserted the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust challenging to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Final Solution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to impose their will during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and remains the primary solution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the identical language."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more supportive of the government and the nation in the aftermath of this attack."