Iran States It Could Return to American Atomic Negotiations if Approached with 'Dignity' and 'Respect'

Tehran is prepared to restart atomic negotiations with Washington provided that it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

Abbas Araghchi said only diplomacy was effective, and revealed new appeals had been made by go-betweens to resume talks with the Trump administration. He asserted Iran had zero secret atomic facilities, and Iran was not yet able to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Complex Course

The foreign minister is navigating a challenging route since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of weakness, and he emphatically stated that Iran had emerged stronger defensively and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he reaffirmed that Iran had "an inalienable right to process nuclear material within its borders that it will never give up" – the main reason of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Abruptly Terminated

The previous five rounds of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Tehran's atomic facilities in a 12-day war that ended with Donald Trump claiming the sites had been obliterated. Following this, European countries exercised their privilege to reinstate international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Ideal Resolution Suggested

Iranian officials said they felt they had achieved a "magic solution" to the nuclear fuel concern in previous talks, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Each party would have been able to declare success since local refinement would have remained and the US could be certain that Iran's enrichment initiative was solely for peaceful purposes.

It had not been settled in the negotiations that US nuclear scientists could work within Iranian territory, but that was a logical implication of the consortium proposal. Diplomats stated on multiple occasions they had achieved a deal with Washington's diplomat the American negotiator only for the deal to fall apart due to "spoilers in Washington".

Existing Status

Iranian officials stated the cooperative arrangement was now no longer available, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be revived in certain ways if talks resume.

The US president last week stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to restart talks, but confidentially Iran's diplomats state they are not yet getting coherent offers from America either straightforwardly or from significant local go-betweens, such as the Qatari government, Egypt, the Omani authorities and the Saudi kingdom. The Iranian foreign ministry has been criticized of passivity in the wake of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Diplomatic Stance

In his speech to the conference, aimed to portray the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of worldwide standards, the foreign minister stated the fortnight-long engagement showed the dispute could not be resolved by armed force. He said the strikes began with a US demand for an total Iran submission and culminated with an complete request for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the first strikes by Israel were executed with complete American awareness and cooperation, making faith hard to rebuild.

Diplomacy Stays the Ultimate Solution

Araghchi said: "It was not Iran that had abandoned negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had repeatedly tried to dictate their desires during the talks. Dialogue can still be viable and stays the primary solution to address disagreements, but its requirements, rules and fundamentals must be respected."

"If they talk to the Iranian people with the tone of dignity and respect, they will receive a answer in the same language."

Restoration and Rebuilding

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and rebuilding, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been rebuilt. We learned numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the weaknesses of the enemy."

He stated: "We successfully passed this engagement. Our atomic expertise, which they planned to obliterate, continues to exist. The installations and equipment, if eliminated, will be reconstructed; what is crucial is the determination of the Iranian people and then the national cohesion that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The Iranian people have grown stronger, more cohesive, and more backing of the administration and the state in the aftermath of this assault."