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Iran is willing to restart atomic talks with the United States provided that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared new appeals had come from intermediaries to reopen talks with the US government. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a challenging path since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of talks between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries employed their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the talks that US nuclear scientists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Position

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in some form if discussions reopen.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but privately Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a controlling nation that misuses the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister said the 12-day war demonstrated the conflict could not be ended by military means. He stated the strikes commenced with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Ultimate Solution

The foreign minister stated: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the final answer to address disputes, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will get a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We learned many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the aftermath of this invasion."