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Tehran is prepared to reinitiate nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from mediators to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran had not yet reached a point to authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to visit struck enrichment centers for safety concerns.

Navigating a Complex Route

The foreign minister is treading a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to enrich uranium domestically that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Earlier Talks Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that American atomic experts could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iran's diplomats stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be resurrected in certain ways if talks reopen.

The US president last week stated he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been accused of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Standpoint

In his remarks to the gathering, designed to paint the US as a controlling nation that exploits the notion of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the clash could not be settled by armed force. He asserted the strikes commenced with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is convinced the initial Israeli attacks were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith difficult to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister stated: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always attempted to dictate their desires during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be active and continues the final answer to settle disputes, but its requirements, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the language of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been rebuilt. We learned multiple understandings from this engagement; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He continued: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, remains in place. The installations and gear, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they sought to undermine, but did not succeed to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have developed stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."