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Iran is willing to restart atomic negotiations with Washington on condition that it is treated with "respect" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue produced results, and shared new appeals had been made by go-betweens to restart negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Challenging Course

The foreign minister is walking a complex path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be proceeding from a position of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged more resilient militarily and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium on home soil that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Ended

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Tehran's atomic facilities in a two-week conflict that culminated with the US president claiming the locations had been obliterated. Afterward, EU nations used their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iran's diplomats said they felt they had reached a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with Washington's engagement could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's enrichment initiative was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that Washington's technical specialists could operate inside Iran, but that was a reasonable assumption of the consortium proposal. Officials stated three times they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the agreement to disintegrate due to "opponents in the US".

Present Position

Tehran representatives declared the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in some form if discussions reopen.

The US president last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran wanted to resume discussions, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet receiving consistent overtures from the United States either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Political Position

In his address to the forum, designed to portray the US as a dominant force that abuses the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement demonstrated the conflict could not be resolved by armed force. He asserted the strikes began with a Washington's ultimatum for an complete Tehran capitulation and culminated with an absolute demand for a ceasefire.

Iran is assured the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with complete American awareness and collaboration, making confidence challenging to reestablish.

Negotiations Remains the Final Answer

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had abandoned diplomacy; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to impose their demands during the negotiations. Dialogue can still be alive and stays the final answer to address disagreements, but its standards, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"In case they address to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will obtain a reply in the identical approach."

Restoration and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of recovery and rebuilding, the foreign minister claimed he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He continued: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the resolve of the citizens of Tehran and then the unity of the country that they sought to undermine, but failed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more united, and more endorsing of the administration and the state in the face of this assault."