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Iran is ready to restart atomic discussions with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had been made by go-betweens to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid be seen to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient militarily and psychologically from the coordinated strike on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Concluded

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Subsequently, European countries employed their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with Washington's engagement could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Representatives stated three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the arrangement to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Position

Iranian officials said the cooperative arrangement was now off the table, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in some form if negotiations resume.

The American leader recently stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but privately Tehran representatives say they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the clash could not be settled by armed force. He stated the attacks began with a US demand for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and coordination, making faith difficult to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to dictate their demands during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and continues the final resolution to settle conflicts, but its requirements, rules and principles must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the identical language."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iranian officials as the conflict of recovery and recovery, Araghchi stated he was certain Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He added: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the leadership and the country in the wake of this assault."