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Iran is ready to resume atomic discussions with the United States on condition that it is handled with "dignity" and "respect", Tehran's foreign minister has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated solely negotiations produced results, and disclosed fresh requests had originated from intermediaries to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He asserted Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Iran could not yet authorize the global atomic watchdog to access attacked atomic facilities for security reasons.

Navigating a Complex Path

Araghchi is treading a challenging path since Iran aims to avoid appear to be acting from a stance of disadvantage, and he insisted repeatedly that Iran had come out more resilient militarily and emotionally from the joint assault on its enrichment centers in June.

He was talking at a defense forum in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to enrich uranium domestically that it will always maintain" – the key factor of the deadlock in the previous talks.

Prior Negotiations Unexpectedly Terminated

The earlier sessions of talks between the US and Iran were ended suddenly and acrimonious termination on 12 June when the Israeli government, with US support, struck Iranian nuclear sites in a two-week conflict that concluded with the US president declaring the sites had been eliminated. Afterward, European countries employed their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a significant effect.

Ideal Resolution Offered

Iranian officials stated they felt they had attained a "ideal resolution" to the nuclear fuel concern in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an Iran-based consortium with US participation could enrich uranium. Both sides would have been able to assert triumph since home-based processing would have persisted and the US could be certain that Iran's nuclear programme was exclusively peaceful.

It had not been settled in the talks that Washington's technical specialists could operate on Iranian soil, but that was a reasonable assumption of the partnership suggestion. Representatives claimed on multiple occasions they had secured an understanding with the US representative the US official only for the deal to disintegrate due to "detractors in America".

Existing Situation

Tehran representatives said the partnership proposal was now withdrawn, but it seems very probable the suggestion could be reintroduced in certain ways if discussions restart.

The US president in recent days said he had been getting signals that Iran wanted to reopen negotiations, but in private Tehran representatives state they are not yet receiving coherent offers from the United States either explicitly or from significant local go-betweens, such as Qatar, the Egyptian leadership, Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Tehran's diplomatic corps has been criticized of non-responsiveness in the aftermath of the US president's straightforward manner, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a show.

Negotiating Position

In his remarks to the forum, intended to paint the US as a dominant force that exploits the concept of international law, the foreign minister declared the 12-day war revealed the conflict could not be settled by military means. He stated the assaults commenced with a US demand for an total Iran submission and ended with an complete request for a truce.

Iran is certain the opening assaults from Tel Aviv were carried out with full US knowledge and coordination, making trust hard to reestablish.

Dialogue Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi stated: "It was not Iran that had fled negotiations; it was the United States and the Western nations that had always tried to enforce their will during the talks. Diplomacy can still be viable and remains the ultimate answer to address conflicts, but its requirements, rules and tenets must be respected."

"In case they talk to the Iranian people with the approach of respect and honor, they will receive a answer in the identical language."

Recovery and Reconstruction

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of recovery and reconstruction, Araghchi claimed he was confident Iran's security strengths "are considerably enhanced than preceding 13 or 14 June of this year. Every aspect of our defense have been reestablished. We acquired multiple understandings from this war; we have identified our own weaknesses and the vulnerabilities of the enemy."

He stated: "We effectively endured this war. Our nuclear technology, which they intended to eliminate, remains in place. The facilities and machinery, if damaged, will be restored; what is important is the resolve of the Iranian people and then the social solidarity that they aimed at, but did not succeed to destroy. The nation of Iran have developed stronger, more integrated, and more endorsing of the government and the nation in the wake of this assault."