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Iran is willing to restart nuclear negotiations with Washington as long as it is treated with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's top diplomat has announced.

The Iranian diplomat declared solely negotiations worked, and shared recent overtures had come from mediators to resume talks with the American leadership. He claimed Iran possessed no secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet permit the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Walking a Difficult Path

Araghchi is walking a difficult course since Iran aims to avoid be perceived to be acting from a position of disadvantage, and he consistently maintained that Iran had emerged more resilient in military terms and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was speaking at a strategic meeting in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "a fundamental entitlement to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Earlier Talks Unexpectedly Terminated

The previous five rounds of discussions between the United States and Iran were brought to an abrupt and hostile end on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a 12-day war that culminated with the American leader claiming the sites had been eliminated. Following this, European countries exercised their authority to reimpose international penalties, but Iran insists they have not had a major impact.

Magic Solution Offered

Iran's diplomats stated they felt they had achieved a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in prior discussions, when it was agreed an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since domestic enrichment would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been decided in the talks that US nuclear scientists could work on Iranian soil, but that was a logical implication of the cooperative offer. Representatives stated repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the US official only for the deal to collapse due to "spoilers in Washington".

Present Status

Iran's diplomats declared the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems quite possible the suggestion could be resurrected in certain ways if discussions reopen.

Trump in recent days stated he had been receiving messages that Iran desired to reopen negotiations, but in private Iranian officials say they are not yet getting consistent overtures from America either explicitly or from key regional mediators, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian foreign ministry has been charged of passivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran asserts dialogue is not part of a spectacle.

Political Standpoint

In his remarks to the forum, designed to depict the US as a dominant force that misuses the notion of international law, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war showed the dispute could not be resolved by combat operations. He said the attacks started with a Washington's ultimatum for an unconditional Iranian surrender and ended with an unconditional call for a halt to hostilities.

Iran is convinced the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were mounted with complete American awareness and coordination, making confidence hard to restore.

Negotiations Continues the Ultimate Resolution

The foreign minister declared: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was America and the Western nations that had always sought to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and continues the final answer to settle disagreements, but its criteria, rules and tenets must be adhered to."

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

Repair and Recovery

In what is described by Iran's diplomats as the conflict of restoration and reconstruction, Araghchi said he was assured Iran's defence capabilities "have significantly improved than prior to 13 or 14 June of this year. Our entire military infrastructure have been reestablished. We gained numerous insights from this conflict; we have discovered our personal limitations and the shortcomings of the adversary."

He added: "We managed to survive this conflict. Our enrichment knowledge, which they intended to eliminate, continues to exist. The installations and machinery, if damaged, will be reconstructed; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to break. The citizens of Tehran have grown stronger, more united, and more supportive of the government and the state in the wake of this attack."