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Iran is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations worked, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to restart talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is navigating a complex path since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms 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 enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president asserting the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries employed their right to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the American negotiator only for the deal to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations resume.

The US president recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Stance

In his address to the gathering, intended to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the two-week conflict demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He stated the assaults commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust challenging to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the western countries that had always attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the primary answer to resolve conflicts, but its standards, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will receive a reply in the equivalent approach."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the struggle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister stated he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to obliterate, stays intact. The facilities and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but failed to destroy. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more supportive of the leadership and the nation in the face of this attack."