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Iran is willing to restart nuclear discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

The Iranian diplomat stated only diplomacy produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the US government. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, 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 Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be acting from a stance of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and mentally from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the primary cause of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Terminated

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been obliterated. Afterward, European countries employed their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Tehran representatives said they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in some form if talks restart.

The US president recently said he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi stated the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Dialogue Continues the Final Answer

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to dictate their demands during the talks. Diplomacy can still be active and stays the final resolution to address conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the equivalent language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the wake of this assault."