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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Iran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi stated only diplomacy was effective, and shared recent overtures had been made by intermediaries to resume discussions with the US government. He claimed Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to allow the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Navigating a Challenging Course

Araghchi is walking a complex course since Iran wishes not to appear to be operating from a position of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the coordinated strike 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 perpetually retain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of negotiations between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter end on 12 June when Israel, with US support, struck Iran's enrichment centers in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been destroyed. Following this, Western states exercised their privilege to restore international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with American involvement could enrich uranium. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Representatives claimed three times they had secured an understanding with the US representative the American negotiator only for the arrangement to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Existing Situation

Iranian officials stated the consortium offer was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in some form if discussions restart.

Trump recently stated he had been getting signals that Iran sought to restart talks, but in private Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet getting clear proposals from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of inactivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a show.

Political Position

In his speech to the forum, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that misuses the concept of worldwide standards, Araghchi said the two-week conflict revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an complete request for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with total Washington understanding and collaboration, making trust challenging to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Primary Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was America and the European states that had always sought to impose their demands during the discussions. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the primary resolution to settle disputes, but its standards, guidelines and tenets must be followed."

"Provided that they talk to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will obtain a response in the identical approach."

Repair and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of repair and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's military capacities "are much stronger than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been restored. We gained many lessons from this engagement; we have come to know our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they intended to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the nation of Iran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become more resilient, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the state in the wake of this assault."