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Tehran is willing to resume nuclear talks with Washington on condition that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to restart discussions with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran had zero undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran could not yet allow the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Course

Araghchi is navigating a difficult route since Iran does not want appear to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile end on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the locations had been eliminated. Subsequently, Western states used their privilege to restore global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Perfect Agreement Suggested

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have persisted and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the discussions that American atomic experts could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Diplomats asserted three times they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Status

Tehran representatives said the cooperative arrangement was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the offer could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions resume.

The US president recently said he had been getting signals that Iran desired to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting coherent offers from Washington either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of passivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a performance.

Political Stance

In his remarks to the conference, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the concept of global regulations, Araghchi stated the 12-day war demonstrated the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the strikes began with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were executed with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to restore.

Dialogue Remains the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the European states that had repeatedly tried to dictate their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the ultimate answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the identical tone."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is portrayed by Iranian officials as the conflict of repair and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our nuclear technology, which they aimed to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is crucial is the will of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have grown more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the leadership and the country in the face of this assault."