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Iran is prepared to reinitiate atomic discussions with the United States on condition that it is handled with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed new appeals had come from intermediaries to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran did not have undeclared nuclear sites, and Iran had not yet reached a point to permit the UN nuclear inspectorate to access bombed nuclear sites for safety concerns.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be proceeding from a stance of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger in military terms and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack 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 on home soil that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the impasse in the previous talks.

Previous Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The prior phases of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a fortnight-long engagement that concluded with Donald Trump declaring the facilities had been obliterated. Subsequently, EU nations used their right to reinstate UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Tehran representatives stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the enrichment issue in prior discussions, when it was decided an local partnership with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be confident that Iran's enrichment initiative was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the discussions that Washington's technical specialists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with the US representative the American negotiator only for the agreement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Present Position

Tehran representatives stated the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the offer could be resurrected in some form if discussions restart.

Trump last week said he had been obtaining communications that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from Washington either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of inactivity in the aftermath of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Tehran asserts negotiations is not part of a show.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, intended to portray the US as a controlling nation that exploits the idea of global regulations, the foreign minister declared the two-week conflict showed the dispute could not be settled by combat operations. He said the assaults began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and coordination, making trust difficult to restore.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the western countries that had repeatedly attempted to enforce their will during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the final answer to settle disputes, but its standards, regulations and principles must be respected."

"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the language of respect and honor, they will get a response in the same language."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the struggle of restoration and rebuilding, the foreign minister said he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We gained multiple understandings from this war; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He stated: "We managed to survive this war. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to destroy, remains in place. The installations and machinery, if destroyed, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but were unable to shatter. The Iranian people have developed more powerful, more united, and more supportive of the government and the country in the face of this assault."