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Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and revealed new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the US government. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to access struck enrichment centers for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing 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 never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president declaring the facilities had been destroyed. Following this, EU nations exercised their privilege to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems highly likely the suggestion could be resurrected in various formats if discussions restart.

The US president last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his remarks to the gathering, intended to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the notion of global regulations, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement revealed the clash could not be ended by military means. He said the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making trust difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi stated: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the final solution to resolve disagreements, but its standards, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

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

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and recovery, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and gear, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to shatter. The citizens of Tehran have developed stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."