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Iran is prepared to restart nuclear negotiations with the United States as long as it is treated with "respect" and "honor", Iran's foreign minister has announced.

Abbas Araghchi stated exclusively dialogue worked, and disclosed fresh requests had come from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Tehran could not yet authorize the UN nuclear inspectorate to inspect bombed nuclear sites for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Course

Araghchi is treading a difficult course since Iran wishes not to be perceived to be acting from a situation of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen stronger militarily and psychologically from the Israeli-US attack on its enrichment centers in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reiterated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel domestically that it will perpetually retain" – the main reason of the stalemate in the earlier negotiations.

Earlier Discussions Unexpectedly Concluded

The prior phases of talks between the United States and Iran were concluded unexpectedly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with American backing, attacked Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with the American leader asserting the locations had been eliminated. Afterward, Western states used their privilege to reimpose UN-wide sanctions, but Iran insists they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Proposed

Tehran representatives said they felt they had attained a "magic solution" to the uranium processing matter in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could refine atomic fuel. The two nations would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's atomic project was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been decided in the discussions that American atomic experts could work within Iranian territory, but that was a reasonable assumption of the cooperative offer. Diplomats stated repeatedly they had achieved a deal with the US representative Steve Witkoff only for the arrangement to collapse due to "detractors in America".

Current Position

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now no longer available, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if negotiations resume.

The US president in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iran's diplomats say they are not yet obtaining clear proposals from the United States either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, Oman and the Saudi kingdom. The Iran's state department has been charged of non-responsiveness in the face of the US president's straightforward manner, but Tehran states diplomacy is not part of a performance.

Diplomatic Position

In his speech to the forum, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of international law, Araghchi declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be resolved by military means. He said the assaults commenced with a US demand for an complete Tehran capitulation and concluded with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and cooperation, making trust hard to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had fled diplomacy; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be alive and stays the primary answer to resolve disagreements, but its criteria, rules and fundamentals must be followed."

"Provided that they speak to the Iranian people with the tone of respect and respect, they will receive a response in the same approach."

Recovery and Recovery

In what is portrayed by Tehran representatives as the battle of repair and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was confident Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been reestablished. We gained multiple understandings from this engagement; we have identified our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We effectively endured this engagement. Our enrichment knowledge, which they planned to destroy, stays intact. The facilities and machinery, if destroyed, will be restored; what is important is the determination of the citizens of Tehran and then the social solidarity that they targeted, but were unable to break. The Iranian people have grown more resilient, more united, and more backing of the government and the country in the face of this invasion."