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Tehran is prepared to restart atomic talks with Washington as long as it is approached with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's top diplomat has stated.

Abbas Araghchi declared solely negotiations worked, and shared new appeals had originated from mediators to reopen negotiations with the US government. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran had not yet reached a point to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to visit attacked atomic facilities for safety concerns.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran wishes not to be seen to be proceeding from a stance of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had arisen more resilient defensively and emotionally from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel on home soil that it will always maintain" – the main reason of the impasse in the earlier negotiations.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Ended

The previous five rounds of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with Washington's assistance, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that concluded with the American leader claiming the facilities had been eliminated. Following this, Western states used their right to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Iranian officials said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an Iran-based consortium with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to claim victory since home-based processing would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was entirely non-military.

It had not been agreed in the discussions that American atomic experts could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to fall apart due to "opponents in the US".

Present Situation

Iranian officials declared the consortium offer was now off the table, but it seems very probable the proposal could be revived in certain ways if discussions resume.

The American leader in recent days claimed he had been obtaining communications that Iran wanted to restart talks, but confidentially Iranian officials state they are not yet receiving clear proposals from the United States either directly or from important Middle Eastern intermediaries, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been accused of non-responsiveness in the wake of Trump's direct instinctive approach, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his address to the forum, designed to portray the US as a hegemonic power that exploits the concept of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He said the strikes began with a American requirement for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a ceasefire.

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

Dialogue Stays the Final Solution

The foreign minister declared: "Tehran was not the one that had abandoned diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always attempted to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final answer to address disagreements, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be adhered to."

"In case they speak to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi claimed he was certain Iran's security strengths "are much stronger than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to eliminate, continues to exist. The sites and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they sought to undermine, but failed to shatter. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more backing of the leadership and the nation in the face of this assault."