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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had originated from go-betweens to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a difficult route since Iran does not want appear to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out stronger in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault 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 process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries used their right to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

Trump last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to restart talks, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet getting coherent offers from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, Araghchi declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be ended by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust challenging to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was the United States and the European states that had repeatedly attempted to impose their desires during the talks. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the final solution to resolve disagreements, but its requirements, regulations and principles must be respected."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was assured Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to destroy, stays intact. The sites and gear, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to shatter. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this attack."