🔗 Share this article

Iran is willing to resume nuclear talks with Washington provided that it is approached with "respect" and "respect", Iran's top diplomat has declared.

The Iranian diplomat stated exclusively dialogue produced results, and disclosed new appeals had been made by mediators to reopen negotiations with the American leadership. He said Iran did not have secret atomic facilities, and Tehran was not yet able to authorize the International Atomic Energy Agency to access attacked atomic facilities for protective measures.

Navigating a Difficult Route

The foreign minister is navigating a difficult path since Iran does not want appear to be proceeding from a situation of disadvantage, and he emphatically stated that Iran had arisen more powerful militarily and psychologically from the joint assault on its nuclear sites in June.

He was addressing at a security conference in Tehran where he restated that Iran had "an absolute privilege to refine atomic fuel within its borders that it will never give up" – the key factor of the impasse in the prior discussions.

Previous Discussions Abruptly Concluded

The earlier sessions of negotiations between the United States and Iran were ended suddenly and bitter conclusion on 12 June when Israel, with American backing, targeted Iran's enrichment centers in a fortnight-long engagement that culminated with the US president declaring the locations had been destroyed. Afterward, Western states exercised their authority to restore international penalties, but Iran maintains they have not had a substantial consequence.

Perfect Agreement Proposed

Iranian officials claimed they felt they had achieved a "perfect agreement" to the uranium processing matter in earlier negotiations, when it was settled an domestic cooperative with US participation could process nuclear material. Each party would have been able to claim victory since local refinement would have continued and the US could be assured that Iran's atomic project was entirely non-military.

It had not been settled in the talks that American atomic experts could function within Iranian territory, but that was a natural consequence of the cooperative offer. Officials asserted repeatedly they had secured an understanding with Trump's special envoy the American negotiator only for the agreement to fall apart due to "detractors in America".

Present Situation

Iranian officials said the partnership proposal was now off the table, but it seems highly likely the offer could be revived in some form if talks reopen.

Trump last week claimed he had been receiving messages that Iran sought to reopen negotiations, but confidentially Iran's diplomats claim they are not yet receiving clear proposals from America either straightforwardly or from key regional mediators, such as the Qatari government, the Egyptian leadership, the Omani authorities and Saudi Arabia. The Iran's state department has been accused of inactivity in the face of Washington's unmediated tactics, but Iran says negotiations is not part of a spectacle.

Negotiating Standpoint

In his address to the gathering, aimed to depict the US as a hegemonic power that abuses the idea of global regulations, Araghchi said the 12-day war revealed the clash could not be ended by armed force. He asserted the assaults commenced with a American requirement for an unconditional Iranian surrender and culminated with an unconditional call for a truce.

Iran is assured the first strikes by Israel were executed with full US knowledge and cooperation, making faith difficult to reestablish.

Negotiations Stays the Ultimate Resolution

Araghchi said: "Tehran was not the one that had fled dialogue; it was America and the western countries that had always sought to enforce their will during the negotiations. Negotiations can still be active and stays the primary solution to address conflicts, but its criteria, guidelines and tenets must be respected."

"Provided that they talk to the nation of Iran with the language of respect and honor, they will receive a response in the equivalent approach."

Restoration and Recovery

In what is characterized by Tehran representatives as the conflict of restoration and recovery, Araghchi said he was certain Iran's defence capabilities "are considerably enhanced than before 13 or 14 June of this year. All our capabilities have been restored. We acquired numerous insights from this conflict; we have identified our personal limitations and the vulnerabilities of the opponent."

He added: "We effectively endured this conflict. Our atomic expertise, which they aimed to destroy, stays intact. The installations and equipment, if destroyed, will be rebuilt; what is essential is the will of the citizens of Tehran and then the national cohesion that they targeted, but failed to break. The Iranian people have developed stronger, more integrated, and more backing of the government and the nation in the wake of this invasion."