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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with the United States as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said exclusively dialogue produced results, and revealed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Course

The foreign minister is treading a complex route since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a position of weakness, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more powerful in military terms and emotionally from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump asserting the locations had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries exercised their right to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could process nuclear material. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats asserted repeatedly they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

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

Trump last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that exploits the notion of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be settled by military means. He stated the attacks commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Solution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently tried to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be alive and remains the primary solution to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"Provided that they address to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a response in the equivalent language."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We learned numerous insights from this war; we have come to know our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to eliminate, remains in place. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this attack."