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Tehran is ready to reinitiate atomic negotiations with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated solely negotiations produced results, and shared recent overtures had come from mediators to restart discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging course since Iran does not want be seen to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and emotionally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the previous talks.

Prior Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The previous five rounds of discussions between the US and Iran were brought to an abrupt and acrimonious end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, targeted Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that ended with the US president claiming the sites had been obliterated. Subsequently, European countries employed their right to reimpose international penalties, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Magic Solution Offered

Tehran representatives claimed they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in previous talks, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could function on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Officials stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Iran's diplomats declared the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in some form if talks restart.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran states negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his speech to the conference, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and concluded with an absolute demand for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with total Washington understanding and cooperation, making trust difficult to reestablish.

Diplomacy Continues the Primary Answer

Araghchi declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had consistently attempted to dictate their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be active and stays the ultimate resolution to settle disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"If they speak to the nation of Iran with the approach of respect and honor, they will get a answer in the same approach."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, the foreign minister stated he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have discovered our own weaknesses and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He continued: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The facilities and equipment, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is essential is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but did not succeed to destroy. The Iranian people have become stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."