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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear talks with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue worked, and revealed recent overtures had come from intermediaries to restart discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is walking a difficult route since Iran does not want be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had come out stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Subsequently, EU nations exercised their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was settled an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the talks that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in some form if talks resume.

Trump last week said he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the conference, intended to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister said the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He stated the strikes started with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Diplomacy Remains the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently sought to enforce their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the primary solution to resolve disputes, but its requirements, regulations and tenets must be adhered to."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a response in the same tone."

Repair and Rebuilding

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the battle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He continued: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have developed more resilient, more integrated, and more backing of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."