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Tehran is ready to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations worked, and shared fresh requests had been made by go-betweens to resume discussions with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to allow the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

The foreign minister is treading a challenging path since Iran does not want be seen to be operating from a position of weakness, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more powerful in military terms and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will never give up" – the main reason of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that ended with the US president asserting the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations used their right to reinstate global restrictions, but Iran maintains they have not had a major impact.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had reached a "ideal resolution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an local partnership with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that American atomic experts could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Officials asserted three times they had secured an understanding with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Position

Iran's diplomats said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if talks restart.

The American leader last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either directly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been charged of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts negotiations is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He stated the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence hard to reestablish.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "It was not Iran that had deserted diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always tried to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be alive and continues the final resolution to settle conflicts, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they talk to the nation of Iran with the approach of dignity and honor, they will obtain a answer in the same tone."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, Araghchi stated he was confident Iran's military capacities "are considerably enhanced than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our internal vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He added: "We managed to survive this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to destroy, remains in place. The sites and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have become more powerful, more united, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."