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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with the United States provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations produced results, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to reopen talks with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no unreported enrichment locations, and Tehran could not yet allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Route

Araghchi is walking a complex route since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a security conference in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the primary cause of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states exercised their right to restore global restrictions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Proposed

Iran's diplomats claimed they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was agreed an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed three times they had reached agreement with the US representative the US official only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Situation

Tehran representatives declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be resurrected in various formats if negotiations reopen.

The American leader last week claimed he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but privately Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining 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 Tehran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the forum, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, Araghchi said the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

Iran is certain the first strikes by Israel were mounted with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making faith hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Dialogue can still be alive and remains the final solution to settle conflicts, but its standards, regulations and principles must be followed."

"In case they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the identical approach."

Recovery and Rebuilding

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained many lessons from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The facilities and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the administration and the country in the face of this attack."