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Tehran is ready to resume atomic negotiations with the United States as long as it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Tehran's foreign minister has stated.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations worked, and shared new appeals had originated from go-betweens to reopen discussions with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the global atomic watchdog to inspect struck enrichment centers for security reasons.

Walking a Challenging Path

The foreign minister is walking a challenging course since Iran does not want be perceived to be operating from a position of vulnerability, and he consistently maintained that Iran had come out more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a defense forum in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material on home soil that it will never give up" – the key factor of the stalemate in the prior discussions.

Previous Negotiations Suddenly Concluded

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and hostile conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, Western states used their privilege to restore UN-wide sanctions, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Offered

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had attained a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in previous talks, when it was decided an Iran-based consortium with American involvement could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to declare success since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the talks 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 reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Situation

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems highly likely the proposal could be reintroduced in various formats if talks reopen.

Trump recently claimed he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to restart talks, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from America either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of passivity in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran says diplomacy is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his speech to the conference, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister stated the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be settled by military means. He stated the attacks started with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and ended with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with full US knowledge and cooperation, making confidence hard to restore.

Dialogue Continues the Ultimate Answer

The foreign minister said: "Tehran was not the one that had deserted dialogue; it was the United States and the European states that had consistently sought to dictate their demands during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the primary resolution to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, rules and principles must be respected."

"In case they talk to the citizens of Tehran with the approach of respect and respect, they will obtain a reply in the equivalent language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the battle of recovery and reconstruction, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "are much stronger than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned many lessons from this war; we have identified our internal vulnerabilities and the weaknesses of the adversary."

He stated: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, continues to exist. The installations and gear, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but were unable to break. The nation of Iran have become stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the nation in the aftermath of this assault."