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

Abbas Araghchi said exclusively dialogue was effective, and revealed recent overtures had come from mediators to resume negotiations with the Trump administration. He claimed Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Path

Araghchi is navigating a challenging course since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a situation of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had arisen stronger defensively and mentally from the Israeli-US attack on its atomic facilities in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to process nuclear material domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Earlier Negotiations Suddenly Terminated

The prior phases of discussions between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious conclusion on 12 June when the Israeli government, with Washington's assistance, attacked Iran's enrichment centers in a 12-day war that concluded with Donald Trump claiming the facilities had been destroyed. Afterward, European countries used their right to reimpose global restrictions, but Iran asserts they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was decided an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. Each party would have been able to assert triumph since local refinement would have continued and the US could be confident that Iran's atomic project was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work inside Iran, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had reached agreement with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the arrangement to disintegrate due to "spoilers in Washington".

Current Status

Tehran representatives said the consortium offer was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the proposal could be revived in various formats if discussions resume.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran sought to resume discussions, but privately Iranian officials state they are not yet obtaining coherent offers from Washington either directly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been criticized of passivity in the wake of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran states dialogue is not part of a performance.

Negotiating Stance

In his address to the gathering, designed to portray the US as a controlling nation that abuses the idea of international law, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be settled by armed force. He said the assaults started with a US demand for an total Iran submission and concluded with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is certain the initial Israeli attacks were carried out with full US knowledge and collaboration, making confidence hard to rebuild.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled dialogue; it was the United States and the Western nations that had repeatedly sought to enforce their desires during the negotiations. Diplomacy can still be viable and continues the primary answer to resolve conflicts, but its requirements, guidelines and fundamentals must be adhered to."

"If they address to the nation of Iran with the tone of dignity and honor, they will get a reply in the identical tone."

Repair and Reconstruction

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the battle of repair and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been restored. We gained multiple understandings from this conflict; we have come to know our internal vulnerabilities and the shortcomings of the opponent."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they aimed to eliminate, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be rebuilt; what is important is the determination of the nation of Iran and then the unity of the country that they aimed at, but were unable to destroy. The citizens of Tehran have grown more resilient, more integrated, and more endorsing of the administration and the country in the wake of this attack."