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Iran is prepared to resume atomic talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed recent overtures had been made by mediators to resume discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for protective measures.

Walking a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is treading a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more powerful defensively and mentally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the primary cause of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries employed their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be confident that Iran's nuclear programme was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a natural consequence of the partnership suggestion. Officials claimed three times they had achieved a deal with the US representative the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Situation

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in various formats if negotiations resume.

The American leader last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the gathering, designed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the notion of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war revealed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the strikes commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Continues the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the western countries that had repeatedly tried to impose their desires during the discussions. Negotiations can still be active and remains the primary resolution to address conflicts, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the Iranian people with the approach of dignity and honor, they will receive a answer in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was certain Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired many lessons from this conflict; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He continued: "We successfully passed this war. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed more powerful, more integrated, and more supportive of the government and the state in the aftermath of this invasion."