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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "respect", Iran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared fresh requests had come from go-betweens to reopen talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Tehran was not yet able to permit the global atomic watchdog to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Course

Araghchi is treading a challenging path since Iran wishes not to be seen to be operating from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to process nuclear material within its borders that it will perpetually retain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the prior discussions.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Ended

The earlier sessions of discussions between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with Donald Trump asserting the sites had been destroyed. Afterward, EU nations employed their privilege to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was decided an local partnership with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been agreed in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Diplomats claimed repeatedly they had reached agreement with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the arrangement to collapse due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be reintroduced in certain ways if negotiations reopen.

Trump last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the gathering, aimed to paint the US as a hegemonic power that misuses the notion of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the clash could not be settled by combat operations. He asserted the strikes began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were mounted with complete American awareness and collaboration, making faith difficult to rebuild.

Negotiations Stays the Final Resolution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was America and the European states that had consistently attempted to impose their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and stays the primary answer to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and principles must be followed."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the tone of dignity and respect, they will get a answer in the equivalent tone."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is characterized by Iranian officials as the struggle of restoration 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. All our capabilities have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this war; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they targeted, but failed to break. The nation of Iran have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more endorsing of the government and the state in the wake of this invasion."