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Tehran is prepared to resume nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat said only diplomacy worked, and shared new appeals had come from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a situation of vulnerability, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The prior phases of negotiations between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Following this, European countries employed their authority to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could function inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if talks resume.

The American leader last week said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister said the two-week conflict demonstrated the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and cooperation, making confidence difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their demands during the discussions. Negotiations can still be viable and stays the ultimate answer to resolve disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they address to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be rebuilt; what is important is the will of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more united, and more backing of the administration and the nation in the wake of this attack."